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Nov 12, 2024 · Nuclear batteries can provide long-lasting power to pacemakers, sensors embedded in buildings and bridges, and even planetary rovers. While the technology has …

Apr 4, 2023 · Performance-enhancing chemicals address the process chemistry side of manufacturing, ensuring that each stage runs smoothly. Defoamers and dispersants tackle …

May 20, 2024 · After graduating, Zeidler returned to Vienna and became a pharmacist. His discovery – though published in the Berichte der Deutsche Chemischen Gesellschaft in 1874 – …

May 23, 2024 · The retired Oxford professor said he had opted to give the e-book away – as part of a special collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) – as a ‘gift and a thanks …

Dec 21, 2016 · Consequently, De Lacy Costello and his colleagues have moved beyond the most common gases to studying volatile compounds released from faeces in very low …

Oct 10, 2024 · Some packaging contains PFAS to repel grease, for example fast food wrappers and pizza boxes. One study published last year found PFAS chemicals in single-use paper, …

Dec 20, 2024 · There are elevated levels of leachable per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in several smartwatch wristbands, US researchers have shown.

Sep 16, 2021 · From the 1960s onwards, poppers became established as a recreational drug, with various alkyl nitrites produced, including isopropyl nitrite, isobutyl nitrite and butyl nitrite, to …

Dec 11, 2024 · ‘Space Agencies [look for] a specific diagnostic that has an important role in life, with “following the water” being the most famous – but by no means the only – indication,’ …