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Hydrogen sensor hits automotive targets

April 19, 2019
News
The first hydrogen sensor to meet safety targets for hydrogen-powered vehicles has been developed. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden created an optical nanosensor that changes colour when the...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemistry, Energy, Inorganic Chemistry
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Titanic lakes filled with methane

April 18, 2019
News
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed that liquid lakes on Saturn’s largest moon are more than 300 feet deep and filled with methane. Radar measurements provide new details of...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Opening science or narrowing its base?

April 16, 2019
Feature
It may carry laudable ambition, but will Plan S damage science? From 2020, the scientific publishing plan could force you to pay-to-publish as well as threaten international collaborations and place...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, In Depth, Physics
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Internet of Thoughts

April 16, 2019
News
Neuroscientists say an Internet of Thoughts network that connects neurons and synapses in the brain to cloud-computing networks could be a possibility within decades.A collaboration between researchers from UC Berkeley...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Neuroscience
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First black hole image revealed

April 10, 2019
News
The first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole has been unveiled.The image, revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope, shows the black hole at the centre of Messier 87,...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Cold plasma inactivates airborne virus

April 10, 2019
News
Cold plasma has been found to provide a more efficient method of sterilising air for medical procedure environments, meaning it could one day replace the surgical mask.University of Michigan engineers...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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Chlorophyll-producing organism is non-photosynthetic

April 9, 2019
News
Biologists have identified the first organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not engage in photosynthesis.The organism, which has been informally named corallicolid, is found in 70% of corals globally....
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Botany, Energy, Microbiology
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Polythene film outperforms aluminium

April 2, 2019
News
A new processing technique has produced a transparent polythene film that can be stronger than aluminium at a fraction of the weight.By tuning temperatures, UK researchers created a clear polythene...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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The quest to go quantum

April 1, 2019
Feature
Dotted around the UK, scientists are slowly but surely turning quantum research into commercial products. Jonathan Chadwick met up with a team at Sussex University who think they can beat...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Energy, In Depth, Physics
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A plum deal for cancer drug synthesis

March 26, 2019
News
Chemical synthesis could be used to replace an ingredient in anti-leukaemia compounds derived from the Asian plum yew.Chemists at Oregon State University patented a method of synthesising cephalotaxine to make...
Chemistry, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
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