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Human Taste Buds Can Tell The Difference Between Normal And 'Heavy' Water
This may come as a bit of a shocker, but technically speaking, not all water on Earth is made up of H2O molecules.
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First 3D Images of a Giant Molecule
Capturing the structure of large molecular complexes with variable shape is an extremely difficult task. Scientists from Würzburg and Montpellier now have been able to do it – thanks to a new approach regarding an important protein machine.
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Scientists Creates Smart Textiles That Could Potentially Change The Future Of Clothing
The newly created textile is like most other fabrics: it is flexible, breathable and durable, allowing it to be used for a variety of purposes. It can be washed and worn without worrying about it being destroyed or wearing out.
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Research creates hydrogen-producing living droplets, paving way for alternative future energy sources
Scientists have built tiny droplet-based microbial factories that produce hydrogen, instead of oxygen, when exposed to daylight in air.
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New super-enzyme eats plastic bottles six times faster
A super-enzyme that degrades plastic bottles six times faster than before has been created by scientists and could be used for recycling within a year or two. The super-enzyme, derived from bacteria that naturally evolved the ability to eat plastic, enables the full recycling of the bottles. Scientists believe combining it with enzymes that break down cotton could also allow mixed-fabric clothing to be recycled. Today, millions of tonnes of such clothing is either dumped in landfill or incinerated.
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Glass-like wood insulates heat, is tough, blocks UV and has wood-grain pattern
Need light but want privacy? A new type of wood that's transparent, tough, and beautiful could be the solution. This nature-inspired building material allows light to come through (at about 80%) to fill the room but the material itself is naturally hazy (93%), preventing others from seeing inside.
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Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates
Microsoft Excel: 1 — Human Genetics: 0.
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Making superconductors
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Iron atoms
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Why line-dried laundry smells so good
Why does laundry that dries outdoors in the sunshine smell so nice? Researchers conducted an experiment to find out.
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Robotic scientists will 'speed up discovery'
Robotic scientists could speed up scientific discovery, while human scientists work from home, developers say.
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Never-before-seen "black nitrogen" plugs puzzle in periodic table
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have created a form of nitrogen that’s never been seen before. Nicknamed “black nitrogen,” the new substance is crystalline, occurs in two-dimensional sheets, and could one day be useful in advanced electronics.
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Astronauts may be able to make cement using their own pee
Future astronauts could make lunar buildings out of moon dust and pee. That’s the suggestion of chemist Anna-Lena Kjøniksen and her colleagues, who made a cement from urea — a major component of urine — and faux lunar soil. When humans take up long-term residence on other planets or the moon, they will need to pack light, in part because shipping materials from Earth is expensive. NASA has estimated that every pound of material sent into orbit around the Earth costs around $10,000.
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Neanderthal glue was a bigger deal than we thought
Technology seems to have been a routine part of Neanderthal life.
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Scientists discover protein in a meteorite
For the first time, scientists found a complete protein molecule in a meteorite — and they’re pretty sure it didn’t come from Earth. After analyzing samples from the meteorite Acfer 086, a team of researchers from Harvard University and the biotech companies PLEX Corporation and Bruker Scientific found that the protein’s building blocks differed chemically from terrestrial protein. As they write in their research, which they shared on ArXiv on Saturday, “this is the first report of a protein from any extra-terrestrial source.”
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The Histories Hidden in the Periodic Table
From poisoned monks and nuclear bombs to the “transfermium wars,” mapping the atomic world hasn’t been easy.
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This Cloth Destroys Deadly Nerve Agents in Minutes
In Omar Farha’s lab at Northwestern University, the chemist and his team are working on an unusual craft project in collaboration with the United States Army. They mix powders and liquids into a paint-like consistency, dip swatches of cotton fabric into the liquid, and then leave the beige cloth out to dry. Through this process, they are creating fabrics that can rapidly neutralize some of the deadliest poisons known to humankind: nerve agents.
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Near-Infinite-Lasting Power Sources Could Derive from Nuclear Waste
When you hear about radioactive material you tend to think that it would be best not to go near it. A team of physicists and chemists from the University of Bristol in England don't quite think that way, though. The team, in fact, hope to recycle radioactive material from disused nuclear power plants in the South West of England to create diamond battery power — ultra-long-lasting power sources.
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Scientists created a new sponge that could clean up oil spills
The secret to cleaning up contaminated water may lie in the cheap, common polyurethane foam used in mattresses. In a study published in the journal Nature Sustainability this week, scientists tested the ability of the material, enhanced with a special coating, to soak up tiny droplets of oil suspended in water. They found that it consistently captured almost all of the oil in under three hours.
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Chromium: Lust for colour
Van Gogh's yellow sunflowers owe a debt to Louis Vaquelin, the chemist who discovered the element chromium
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