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    Category: Chemistry

    Science in America – Neil deGrasse Tyson – March For Science – 22nd April

    We offer this 4min video on “Science in America”, containing what may be the most important words Neil deGrasse Tyson has ever spoken. Get involved in March… Read more “Science in America – Neil deGrasse Tyson – March For Science – 22nd April”

    21 Apr 201722 Apr 2017 by QuBits

    Consciousness may be the product of carefully balanced chaos

    Is my yellow the same as your yellow? Does your pain feel like my pain? The question of whether the human consciousness is subjective or objective is… Read more “Consciousness may be the product of carefully balanced chaos”

    28 Jan 201628 Jan 2016 by QuBits

    Four elements added to periodic table

    Four chemical elements have been formally added to the periodic table, completing the scheme’s seventh row. They are the first to be included in the table since… Read more “Four elements added to periodic table”

    4 Jan 20164 Jan 2016 by QuBits

    Laser light turns graphene paper into a microbot

    Blasts of laser light can make a microbot hustle. A rectangle of graphene paper about the size of a fingernail can walk, fold and even turn corners,… Read more “Laser light turns graphene paper into a microbot”

    9 Nov 20159 Nov 2015 by QuBits

    Meteorite impact turns silica into stishovite in a billionth of a second

    The Barringer meteor crater is an iconic Arizona landmark, more than 1km wide and 170 metres deep, left behind by a massive 300,000 tonne meteorite that hit… Read more “Meteorite impact turns silica into stishovite in a billionth of a second”

    13 Oct 201513 Oct 2015 by QuBits

    Finding new uses for nature’s poisons

    A toxin is a poisonous substance produced by a living thing. Certain species of plants, fungi and animals may produce toxins. So can bacteria. (When a toxin… Read more “Finding new uses for nature’s poisons”

    13 Oct 201513 Oct 2015 by QuBits

    Mapping the genes that increase lifespan

    Following an exhaustive, ten-year effort, scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and the University of Washington have identified 238 genes that, when removed, increase… Read more “Mapping the genes that increase lifespan”

    12 Oct 201512 Oct 2015 by QuBits

    Psychedelics Could Trigger A ‘Paradigm Shift’ In Mental Health Care

    A scientific review of the existing research into the therapeutic applications of psychedelics, published last week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, highlights the enormous potential of… Read more “Psychedelics Could Trigger A ‘Paradigm Shift’ In Mental Health Care”

    17 Sep 201522 Sep 2015 by QuBits

    Hubble’s Andromeda Galaxy survey unlocks clues to star birth

    In a survey of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope images of 2,753 young, blue star clusters in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy (M31), astronomers have found that M31 and… Read more “Hubble’s Andromeda Galaxy survey unlocks clues to star birth”

    6 Sep 201522 Sep 2015 by QuBits

    The wonderful world of wonder materials

    In July, scientists at the University of Darmstadt in Germany succeeded in stopping light completely inside a crystal. Some rays of light (in this case from a… Read more “The wonderful world of wonder materials”

    6 Sep 201522 Sep 2015 by QuBits

    ‘Littlest’ quark-gluon plasma produced

    Researchers at the University of Kansas working with an international team at the Large Hadron Collider have produced quark-gluon plasma — a state of matter thought to… Read more “‘Littlest’ quark-gluon plasma produced”

    4 Sep 201510 Oct 2015 by QuBits

    Cosmic recycling in the Prawn Nebula

    Dominating this image is part of the gigantic nebula Gum 56, illuminated by the hot bright young stars that were born within it. For millions of years,… Read more “Cosmic recycling in the Prawn Nebula”

    3 Sep 201522 Sep 2015 by QuBits

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