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Roman glass became photonic crystal
Physics Magazine joins Tufts University researcher Giulia Guidetti who has studied a glass shard that was broken and buried shortly after 100 B.C.E. that over […]
Samples from asteroid Bennu “an astrobiologist’s dream”
Popular Science raves about the carbon, oxygen, and other life-sustaining material NASA scientists have found in samples retrieved from the OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu: […]
Ultrasound cleans “forever chemicals” from polluted groundwater.
Scientific Frontline reports on new Ohio State University research that shows sound waves can shake apart toxic PFAS, molecules so durable they previously earned the […]
Cavity-killing breakthrough uses strep-fighting molecule.
SciTech Daily reports on scientists from Israel and China who have discovered a molecule nicknamed DIM that reduces biofilms that cause dental plaque by 90%. […]
There’s a watery planet way out yonder.
Science Daily shares the latest James Webb Space Telescope discovery, of a large planet around a distant star whose chemical traces show a high likelihood […]
Cooking with gas increases cancer risk.
I hate to read it, but NPR reported on a Stanford study that found gas stoves increase levels of benzene in the home – a […]
Making a pain-free battery: “Nickel doesn’t have child-labor issues.”
Scientific Frontline looks at a new way to create rechargeable lithium-ion batteries – the power behind electric cars, iPhones, and most of the rest of […]
Elemental music from a spectroscope.
Ars Technica digs the research of Indiana University grad student W. Walker Smith, who has combined his interests in music and chemistry to create a […]
Kids are wearing toxic make-up
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health has released an alarming study that’s found levels of carcinogens and other toxic materials, including lead […]
Science Art: Science by Santa: Remember bad kids get coal, Good kids get Uranium….,
Uranium, which produces 3 million times more energy and 10 million times less waste! I honestly have no idea if this PSA is real or […]
Silk for Teflon. Non-stick silk. Silk without friction.
The National Science Foundation puts a spotlight on Tufts University, where researchers have taken proteins from the cocoons of silk moths and used them to […]
Gas flares don’t burn off as much methane as they should – to the tune of 3 million cars’ worth of pollution.
Science News looks gas flares, the open flames used to burn off leaking natural gas and to convert methane to CO2 directly at oil fields. […]
Science Art: Bunsen burner flame types, by Arthur Jan Fijałkowski (WarX).
The flame from a Bunsen burner (a standard piece of chemistry equipment; you might have used one in high school) can change color and height […]