All articles by Laura Howes – Page 8
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Research
Borosulfate breaks through
Henning Höppe created potassium borosulfate by heating potassium sulfate with boric and sulfuric acids
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Feature
Chemists in the House
Laura Howes talks to politicians who have made the move from the lab to the benches of power
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News
Old reactions to help the new
US chemists have delved into the history of organic chemistry to better predict the effect that functional groups will have on one another within a molecule
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Smarter fabric for soldier uniforms
UK soldiers could soon be wearing uniforms with e-textiles woven into them
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Watching the double-slit experiment in real time
Researchers have repeated the double slit experiment at the heart of quantum mechanics with the largest molecules ever used
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News
Controlling vibrating droplets
Texture ratchets can direct droplet motion and could simplify labs-on-a-chip
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News
Ink wells to solar cells
Scientists in China have found a cheaper and more efficient alternative to commercial electrodes in fountain pen ink.
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News
Canada's triclosan concern
Government is urging companies to remove the antibacterial compound triclosan from products
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Fertiliser use increases atmospheric N2O levels
Over the past 50 years fertiliser use has contributed to the rise in atmospheric nitrous oxide levels
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Sherry Rowland dies at 84
Atmospheric chemist Frank Sherwood Rowland died on Saturday 10 March, aged 84
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Printing vaccines for the masses with nano-fabrication
Vaccines could be made cheaper and more effective using nanoparticle manufacturing techniques
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Research
Printing vaccines for the masses with nano-fabrication
Applying nanoparticle fabrication techniques to vaccine production could dramatically cut their cost per dose
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News
tattoo to give you the sporting edge
Nascar racer Paulie Harraka's hydration has been monitored using an epidermal electronic device