All articles by Richard Van Noorden – Page 7
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Forcing a reaction
US chemists have forced molecules to react by ripping their bonds apart with ultrasound.
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Desperately seeking silicon
But how was the element responsible for the breakdown of cars in the UK?
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First graphene transistors may herald future of electronic chips
'Flat' carbon sheets also found to be corrugated
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Riding the RAE rollercoaster
UK academics will soon be bracing themselves for the 2008 research assessment exercise, the last of its kind before a hotly debated metrics system takes over.
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Neolithic Europeans were lactose intolerant
Rise in dairy farming drove genetic changes to allow milk digestion
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Hydrogels make programmed chemical origami
Israeli scientists have created elastic sheets which buckle into pre-programmed 3D shapes on command.
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Against the grain
PREVIEW: As policymakers rush to promote biofuels, can the US break its obsession with corn ethanol?
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UK nuclear policy setback
Public consultation on government's nuclear power plans condemned as 'inadequate' by High Court judge .
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Nuclear storage: ready, willing, able, and undecided
No insurmountable technical barriers to storing nuclear waste deep underground.
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Water surprise for atmospheric scientists
Lone water molecules can catalyse reactions between gases
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Happy families for aluminium
Aluminium - a notoriously anti-social element - might form an unexpected family of hydride clusters.
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Molecular magnets of mystery
Discovery of a new class of molecular magnets that work above room temperature
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Atomic inspection for nuclear waste storage
A new technique tracks the structural damage nuclear waste inflicts on its storage material.
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A nanotech solution to wrinkled skin
A technique that stops thin polymer films wrinkling could stop similar effects in ageing skin.