For many chemistry students, benzene is the Proustian madeleine. Nothing conjures up those hours in the organic chemistry lab trying desperately to crystallise your products more vividly than the almond whiff of benzene derivatives. However…
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Bladeless wind turbines get upgrade with new design for quiet power
University of Glasgow researchers are working to unlock the potential of bladeless wind power.
For the first time, computer simulations of bladeless wind turbines (BWTs) have pinpointed the most efficient designs for future models.
“The…
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Astroscale secures UK defense contract for space weather, object-tracking mission
TAMPA, Fla. — Astroscale, the space junk removal venture, announced a British government contract June 16 worth about $7 million to deploy a pair of cubesats in 2027 to monitor space weather while tracking other objects in low Earth…
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A Protective Immune Mechanism That Shields the Gut is Discovered
Scientists have revealed a crucial mechanism used by the immune system to shield the gut during an infection. This work, which used a mouse model of intestinal worm infections, showed that the immune system…
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China makes Yttrium-90 radioisotope in commercial nuclear reactor
China has potentially revolutionized cancer therapy by producing Yttrium-90, a powerful beta-emitting isotope used to target liver tumors, using a commercial heavy-water reactor at the Qinshan Nuclear Power Base.
The announcement came from…
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A Closer Look At Uranus’s Moons Reveals a Surprising Dark Side
The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have tectonic features or a patchwork of ridges and cliffs. Using the Hubble space…
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