All articles by Jon Cartwright – Page 3
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Shortages spur race for helium-3 alternatives
A dearth of helium-3 is holding up research projects around the world
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Scientists unveil tiniest switch
The movement of a single proton offers four different levels of conductance, researchers in Germany say
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Atmospheric carbon capture costs underestimated
Capturing carbon dioxide from the air will be much more expensive than previously thought, researchers report
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Shocking osmotic route to nanopores
Making nanoporous material fabrication straightforward with an osmotic shock strategy
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Chemists claim metallic hydrogen creation first
Researchers believe they have produced the long-sought after substance, but many are sceptical
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Organic LEDs set to become displays' flexible friend
Researchers find a way to put OLEDs on flexible plastic while retaining efficiency
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Scientists in Hong Kong pick up traces of chemical structures similar to coal and oil
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Mixed solvents exfoliate graphene analogues
Chemists in China open up more possibilities to produce single-layer inorganic nanomaterials
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Messenger sheds light on Mercury's formation
Nasa probe may rewrite the books on the birth of the solar system's smallest planet
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Catalyst could remove toxic compounds
Inserting a polyoxometalate into the pores of a metal-organic framework can turn it into a surprisingly good catalyst
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Wonder material not so wonderful
Researchers discover that graphene isn't so quick to transfer electrons in electrochemistry
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Microscopy reveals why ketchup squirts
Researchers claim to have uncovered the particle dynamics behind 'non-Newtonian' fluids
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Limestone is efficient energy distributor
Solar energy from the desert could be delivered to major cities in limestone batteries
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Manmade molecular machine goes to work
A small, manmade molecule can produce similar forces to natural molecular machines
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Plasma treatment to use patient's proteins to improve medical device biocompatibility
Sticking a patient's own proteins onto medical devices should help stop rejection of implants
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Magnetic sponge can squeeze itself out
A nanomagnet sponge that contracts in a magnetic field could release drugs to order
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Making room for more Zeolite pores
Korean and US scientists develop hierarchical structures for popular catalyst, so bigger molecules can react too
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Liquid cement turns liquid metal
Researchers in Japan produce concentrated 'solvated' electrons in cement, in both a molten and glassy state
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Rollerball writes electronics straight to paper
Pen-on-paper electronics approach developed by US researchers could make for cheap, flexible and disposable devices
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Plasmon rulers measure in 3D
Researchers in the US and Germany have used gold nano-rods to measure exact positions at the nano-scale