A synthetic material which mimics the brightest and most vivid colours in nature, and changes colour when twisted or stretched, has been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, and could have important ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

May 29, 2013 4.2 / 5 (5) 1 |

(Phys.org) —In an age when microbial pathogens are growing increasingly resistant to the conventional antibiotics used to tamp down infection, a team of Wisconsin scientists has synthesized a potent new ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

May 23, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0 |

Fracking, the controversial method of mining shale gas, is widespread across Pennsylvania, covering up to 280,000 km² of the Appalachian Basin. New research in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences explores the th ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 17, 2013 2.6 / 5 (5) 1

There was chaos on the streets of Halajba in March 1988. In this corner of Iraq, at the time Iraqi Kurdistan, people had suddenly started experiencing cold-like symptoms – tight chest and nasal congestion. ...

Chemistry - Other

May 24, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

Recycling the toxic fluoride by-products from the ceramic and enamel industry into high-quality reusable material reduces the process' environmental impact, but their end of life disposal remains problematic.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jun 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0