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Oxygen molecule survives to enormously high pressures
Using computer simulations, a Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany) researcher has shown that the oxygen molecule (O2) is stable up to pressures of 1.9 terapascal, which is about nineteen million ...
Mon 30 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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New magnetic soap could be used to clean up oil spills
When oil gets spilled in a waterway, clean-up crews will often introduce a solution known as a surfactant. This is a detergent that lessens the surface tension between the water and the overlaying ...
Tue 24 Jan 12 from Gizmag
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Quasicrystal is extraterrestrial in origin
A rare and exotic mineral, so unusual that it was thought impossible to exist, came to Earth on a meteorite, according to an international team of researchers led by Princeton University scientists. ...
Fri 13 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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In tackling lead pollution, fungi may be our friends
Fungi may be unexpected allies in our efforts to keep hazardous lead under control. That's based on the unexpected discovery that fungi can transform lead into its most stable mineral form. ...
Thu 12 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Nanocrystals make dentures shine
German chemists succeeded in producing a new kind of glass-ceramic with a nanocrystalline structure, which seems to be well suited to be used in dentistry due to their high strength and its ...
Thu 5 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Can humans sense the Earth's magnetism?
For migratory birds and sea turtles, the ability to sense the Earth's magnetic field is crucial to navigating the long-distance voyages these animals undertake during migration. Humans, however, ...
Tue 21 Jun 11 from Medical Xpress
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Making Speedy Memory Chips Reliable
IBM believes a new way of encoding the bits in phase-change memory will it reliable enough for use in servers. IBM researchers have developed a programming trick that makes it possible to more ...
Thu 30 Jun 11 from MIT Technology Review
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Naming an atomic heavyweight
International body approves the name "copernicium" for element 112
Thu 25 Feb 10 from ScienceNews
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Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything
(PhysOrg.com) -- Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial ...
Tue 2 Feb 10 from PhysOrg
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Metallic hydrogen makes its debut, maybe
German scientists claim to have produced a long-sought material
Wed 16 Nov 11 from ScienceNews
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