A helium shortage is nothing to take lightly. Nothing funny, either, in how some are talking about their livelihoods, whether it's keeping those party balloons flying or those MRI magnets cooled.

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Sep 03, 2012 3.5 / 5 (2) 2

The famous warship, Vasa, displayed in a museum that gets 1.2 million visitors every year and ranks as one of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions, is deteriorating despite ongoing preservation effort ...

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Aug 29, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 2

Northwestern University scientists have connected 250 years of organic chemical knowledge into one giant computer network -- a chemical Google on steroids. This "immortal chemist" will never retire and take away its knowledge ...

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Aug 22, 2012 5 / 5 (17) 6 |

The Bureau of Reclamation has found that silicone foul release coatings may be an important tool for mitigating invasive quagga and zebra mussels' impacts to water and hydropower infrastructure. Allen D. Skaja, Ph.D., PCS, ...

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Aug 22, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Promising results were reported here today from a proof-of-concept clinical trial of an "anti-hunger" ingredient for yogurt, fruit shakes, smoothies and other foods that would make people feel full longer and ease the craving ...

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Aug 21, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

British chemist Martin Fleischmann, who stunned the world by announcing that he had achieved nuclear fusion in a glass bottle, has died after a long illness. He was 85.

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Aug 07, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 40

(Phys.org) -- Fingerprints are not just important in forensics and the identification of people; they can also be used for security clearance, access control, and the authentication of documents. In the journal ...

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Aug 03, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

Suppliers of the orange, vanilla and other flavor and fragrance ingredients used in hundreds of foods, beverages and personal care products are putting their faith in microbes as new sources for these substances. That migration ...

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Jul 18, 2012 not rated yet 0

(AP) — Antonin Holy, a renowned Czech scientist whose research significantly contributed to the development of antiviral drugs, has died, his long-time research institute said Tuesday.

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Jul 17, 2012 not rated yet 0

Flinders University’s latest advance in forensic science should send a chill down the spines of would-be criminals.

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Jul 12, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 5

(Phys.org) -- University of Alberta scientists are using smelly gym clothes to understand how to build a better, odour-free garment.

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Jun 22, 2012 not rated yet 0

Wine and cheese. Sour cream and salsa. A burger and fries. Humanity's age-old preoccupation with food pairing is turning a new corner — and fostering some very strange new plate-fellows — as scientists and chefs ...

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Jun 20, 2012 not rated yet 0

Like sausage, making denim jeans isn't pretty. Some estimates suggest that producing one pair of jeans requires more than 2,500 gallons of water, nearly a pound of chemicals and vast amounts of energy. Multiply that by 2 ...

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Jun 19, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

(AP) — William S. Knowles, a longtime chemist who shared the Nobel Prize for discoveries that led to a treatment for Parkinson's disease and various other medicines, has died, his daughter said Monday. ...

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Jun 18, 2012 not rated yet 0

European researchers have studied a new class of self-organized nanostructures formed by the complex interdependence of chemical reactions and diffusion in multicomponent reacting systems. Project results ...

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Jun 18, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0