Looking back, a career in science was always on the cards. When I was about four, for behaving myself I wanted to be allowed to add lots of numbers up. Growing up in Western Sydney, we didn't have much, and a long university ...
Materials Science
Oct 29, 2014
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Could carving a wooden spoon by a lake be the answer to the mental health crisis in Canadian universities and also global sustainability?
Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2023
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Chemists at Queen's University Belfast have devised a novel, environmentally friendly technique, which allows the rapid production of Metal-Organic Frameworks porous materials (MOFs).
Materials Science
Oct 11, 2012
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Since the beginning of mankind we are developing and improving materials with better and more optimized material properties. By understanding how natural materials are made, one should be able to imitate and modify them. ...
Materials Science
Jun 10, 2021
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A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated the ability to additively manufacture power poles from bioderived and recycled materials, which could more quickly restore electricity after natural disasters.
Materials Science
Jul 7, 2021
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Waste materials from oil sands extraction, stored in tailings ponds, can pose a risk to the natural habitat and neighboring communities when they leach into groundwater and surface ecosystems. Until now, the challenge for ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 21, 2022
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Norwegian scientists are opening the gates of nature's secret medicine factories, with the aim of giving us new weapons against cancers and resistant bacteria.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 19, 2015
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In a bustling metro area of 4.3 million people, Yale University wildlife biologist Nyeema Harris ventures into isolated thickets to study Detroit's most elusive residents—coyotes, foxes, raccoons and skunks among them.
Ecology
Dec 7, 2022
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The scrubby harbor-side hills of a South African city recently revealed details of an historical event that transformed Australian coastlines. That event led to the arrival in Australia of a native South African shrub, bitou ...
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2023
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Biofilms are generally seen as a problem to be eradicated due to the hazards they pose for humans and materials. However, these communities of algae, fungi or bacteria possess interesting properties both from a scientific ...
Materials Science
Dec 20, 2017
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