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New magnetic material discovered A highly sensitive magnetic material that could transform computer hard drives and energy storage devices has been discovered.
Chemistry Source: BBC News
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Chemistry Source: NPR
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Scientists recapture Renoir's reds Conservation scientists in Chicago produce a stunning visualisation of how they think a Renoir painting might have looked before its colours faded.
Chemistry Source: BBC News
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Friday, Feb 14, 2014, 9:30am Rating: | Views: 1140 | Comments: 0
The Surprising History of Road Salt Amid "salt shortages," officials protect roads against ice with rock salt, which is mined around the country.
Chemistry Source: National Geographic News
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Thursday, Feb 13, 2014, 9:15am Rating: | Views: 1118 | Comments: 0
The Man Who Duped Millionaires Into Paying Big Bucks For Fake Wine Rudy Kurniawan, once considered one of the world's most formidable wine collectors, was convicted Wednesday of making cheap wine blends in his house and then passing them off as some of the rarest wines in the world, for thousands of dollars each, at auction.
Chemistry Source: NPR
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Thursday, Dec 19, 2013, 9:15am Rating: | Views: 1149 | Comments: 0
Scientists Find Tiny Exfoliating Beads In Great Lakes Fish Guts Tiny plastic beads used in some cosmetics and toothpaste are making their way into the bellies of fish in the Great Lakes, and it's raising concern among environmentalists. Dr. Sherri Mason, a chemistry professor at the State University of New York at Fredonia, has been researching the issue, and she joins Audie Cornish to explain what this means for the Great Lakes ecosystem.
Environment Source: NPR
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Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013, 10:03am Rating: | Views: 1125 | Comments: 0
How to Purify Water With Fruit Peels Groundwater pollution is a big problem in developing countries. Ramakrishna Mallampati discovered an ingenious way to make tainted water potable: drop in some fruit peels.
Chemistry Source: Wired
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Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013, 10:03am Rating: | Views: 1152 | Comments: 0
Hydrogen is squeezed from stone Scientists from the University of Lyon have discovered a new way to split hydrogen gas from water, using rocks.
Chemistry Source: BBC News
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Friday, Dec 13, 2013, 9:37am Rating: | Views: 1116 | Comments: 0
Cookie-Baking Chemistry: How To Engineer Your Perfect Sweet Treat A cookie in the oven almost looks like a monster coming alive. It bulges out, triples in size and then stiffens into a crisp biscuit. So how does an oven turn raw dough into a delight? A new animation explains the chemistry behind great baking so you, too, can unleash your inner mad scientist in the kitchen.
Chemistry Source: NPR
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Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013, 7:43am Rating: | Views: 1151 | Comments: 0
Health Source: TheGuardian
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Thursday, Nov 14, 2013, 8:07am Rating: | Views: 1856 | Comments: 0
Forget Barley And Hops: Craft Brewers Want A Taste Of Place Craft brewers around the country are making beers with foraged seeds, roots, fruits and fungi from their backyards and backwoods. It's a challenge to the placelessness of mainstream brewers, who mostly use the same ingredients grown in the same places — barley from the Great Plains and hops from the Pacific Northwest.
Chemistry Source: NPR
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Thursday, Nov 07, 2013, 7:50am Rating: | Views: 1132 | Comments: 0
Art detectives team up What does an early Picasso self-portrait have in common with a 3,000-year-old Egyptian lapis-lazuli beetle? They are both under close examination…
Chemistry Source: Euronews
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Tuesday, Nov 05, 2013, 10:03am Rating: | Views: 1141 | Comments: 0
Burn, Bury Or Scorch? Why Destroying Syria's Chemical Weapons Is Hard The ingredients used to make chemical weapons aren't environmentally friendly, and until recently the process of disposing of those weapons wasn't either. New rules make disposal safer, but are also a major stumbling block to the dismantling of Syria's stockpiles.
Chemistry Source: NPR
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Thursday, Oct 31, 2013, 10:01am Rating: | Views: 1210 | Comments: 0
Chemistry Source: Science
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Tuesday, Oct 22, 2013, 11:36am Rating: | Views: 1117 | Comments: 0
Make beer as easily as coffee Home-brewers who may have dreamt about harnessing the power of Arduino to automate their process may find something to envy in the PicoBrew Zymatic, a project posted to Kickstarter Monday. The machine's makers purport to automate the process of home-brewing from beginning to end; owners simply add their ingredients and come back in a while to processed beer and an easy clean-up solution.
Chemistry Source: CNN
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Friday, Oct 11, 2013, 9:15am Rating: | Views: 1720 | Comments: 0
Nobel Goes To Scientists Who Took Chemistry Into Cyberspace The three scientists sharing the 2013 Nobel Prize for chemistry developed computerized tools for studying complex molecules, such as enzymes and the photosynthesis machinery. These techniques allow engineers to design drugs and new chemical reactions more quickly and cheaply.
Chemistry Source: NPR
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Wednesday, Oct 09, 2013, 11:34am Rating: | Views: 1129 | Comments: 0
A DEET-Like Mosquito Spray That Smells Like Jasmine Or Grapes? Scientists have figured out how DEET repels mosquitoes. The finding has led the researchers to candidate repellents that are safer and cheaper than DEET and may provide new weapons against mosquito-borne scourges, such as malaria and dengue fever.
Chemistry Source: NPR
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Thursday, Oct 03, 2013, 8:14am Rating: | Views: 1147 | Comments: 0
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Deadly lake turns animals into statues The highly caustic Lake Natron in Tanzania kills most animals unlucky enough to enter the water – and calcifies them
Chemistry Source: New Scientist
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Tuesday, Oct 01, 2013, 9:01am Rating: | Views: 1243 | Comments: 0
'Rivers On Rolaids': How Acid Rain Is Changing Waterways The chemistry of dozens of streams and rivers across the U.S. is changing. Waters are becoming more alkaline — the opposite of acidic. And the reason is counterintuitive — researchers believe that acid rain is to blame.
Rye Bother? An Inside-The-Barrel Look At American Whiskeys America is in the midst of a rye whiskey renaissance. Lovers of the spirit say it's spicier, edgier and less sweet than bourbons. But when scientists look at the flavor signatures of American whiskeys, what matters the most isn't always the grain in the bottle.
Purple Sweet Potato A Contender To Replace Artificial Food Dyes Consumers are demanding "natural" food dyes, and scientists say the purple sweet potato is the most promising source of pigments to make them. But it may be a while before your red Popsicle is made with this kind of vegetable-based dye.
Mosquito 'invisibility cloak' found A naturally occurring substance found in human skin could yield a viable alternative to existing mosquito repellent, scientists say.
Chemistry Source: BBC News
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How to Trace a Sarin Attack New research indicates that chemical fingerprints can make positive matches between batches of sarin.U.S. researchers say the same methods used to confirm the presence of the deadly nerve agent sarin could eventually find matches between different samples of the chemical.