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The potential for hydrogen to become an industrial-scale fuel is being touted as an essential state election issue fo...
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A team of US chemists has found a way to make the insecticide imidacloprid more effective, claiming that its faster-a...
In 1938–39, a department store in the United States capital, Washington, DC, featured a “Fabrics of the Future” exhib...
What’s that sound? The aliens are coming! No, wait – it’s only insect defence signals. These eerie sounds are the ...
An Australian company could be selling modules that suck carbon dioxide directly from the air as early as next year, ...
Could we ever use urine to power batteries? An international team of chemists have come a step closer with a new cata...
Chemistry depends on catalysts to speed up reactions, make chemical processes more efficient, and control the product...
