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Chemistry World April 7, 2015 Matt Gunther |
Energy: all that matters The author explains complex issues, such as the nature of power transmission and distribution, with consummate ease. |
Chemistry World March 31, 2015 Charlie Quigg |
Bounce denotes battery health Inspired by a YouTube video, scientists in the US have confirmed that a simple bounce test can be used as a technique to indicate charge in a battery. |
Chemistry World March 26, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Neutron -- proton mass imbalance put on the quantum scales Scientists in Germany have calculated this value to a high level of precision and may also be able to explain why it even exists in the first place. |
Chemistry World March 23, 2015 Philip Ball |
Simple chemistry mimics animals' predator spotting method Some animals, from fish to cats to humans, use edge detection to decode their visual environment: they identify some objects just by their outline. |
Chemistry World March 23, 2015 Sonja Hampel |
Flexible polymer threads set to light up clothing Fashions on the catwalk could soon become a whole lot funkier with the development of new light-emitting threads that can be knitted or woven into textiles. |
Chemistry World March 19, 2015 James Urquhart |
Mystery of colored water droplets that chase and repel each other solved Researchers have solved the puzzle of a remarkable phenomenon that allows droplets of water mixed with a food coloring to move spontaneously and freely in intricate patterns when placed on a clean glass slide. |
Chemistry World March 19, 2015 Andrea Sella |
Crookes' tube William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (1832 -- 1919), discovered thallium and pioneered vacuum discharge tubes. |
Chemistry World March 18, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Drawn out success for far faster 3D printing A new, continuous-flow process for stereolithography -- one of the key technologies in 3D printing -- that is 25 -- 100 times faster than current technologies has been developed by researchers in the US. |
Chemistry World March 11, 2015 Polly Wilson |
Urine-fuelled distress signal The UK laboratory behind the pee-powered mobile phone has turned recycled photocopier paper into microbial fuel cells that instigate radio transmissions when fed fresh urine. |
Chemistry World March 6, 2015 Anisha Ratan |
Phone camera checks water for arsenic UK scientists have developed a mobile phone-based system to help people avoid drinking water contaminated with arsenic. |
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