Materials – Page 63
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ResearchLeather gets a new perfume
Scientists in India have developed a way of infusing leather with lemongrass oil
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ResearchNanoparticle cats drawn at the flick of a switch
Researchers create colourful pictures using nanoparticles that self-assemble in response to light
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ResearchConfirmation of buckyballs in the Milky Way
Gas-phase spectra clears up decades old mystery of unidentified absorption bands in our galaxy
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ResearchTailored zeolite synthesis takes a big step forward
New zeolites first predicted and then made in potential boon for industrial catalysis
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ResearchX-ray emitting bacterial plasmas could enhance imaging
Bacteria found to be an excellent raw material to generate high-intensity x-rays for medical and analytical uses
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3D printing allows soft robots to rise up
A multi-layered, jumping robot has been manufactured using a 3D printer
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ResearchConduction conundrum puts scientists on path to radical conclusions
Samarium compound appears to be both a conductor and an insulator at very low temperatures
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ResearchMOF blends oxidiser with fuel for a precise bang
Safe and simple scaffold gives consistent explosive mix
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ResearchFootball-sized fullerene gets an electric response
Lead-coated ball helps researchers to understand electrical properties of fullerene
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ResearchSolar hydrogen production on a roll with 2D films
Liquid ‘rolling pins’ could produce materials for solar to hydrogen conversion more cheaply
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ResearchNovel compounds make light work of trapping carbon dioxide
Azobenzene compounds can reversibly switch between crystalline and amorphous states to capture gases
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Magnetism measured for superconducting hydrogen sulfide
New work backs up previous observations of superior hydrogen sulfide superconductor
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – July 2015
We ask, does graphene live up to the hype, and discuss injectable electronics that unfold in the brain
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ResearchNew explosive is powerful but greener than most
Researchers have made one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosives to date
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ResearchZ machine puts the squeeze on metallic deuterium
Pressures similar to those at centre of the Earth forge metallic deuterium in step toward 80-year-old dream of creating metallic hydrogen
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ResearchGraphene oxide 'teabags' make a mercury-free brew
Porous carbon structure can remove 96% of mercury from water in a day
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