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Prof. Ehud Gazit – the first Israeli to receive a prestigious international recognition in Chemistry

Prof. Ehud Gazit – the first Israeli to receive a prestigious international recognition in Chemistry Prof. Ehud Gazit from the Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research at the Wise Faculty of Life Sciences and the Department of Materials Science

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Israeli chemistry students win gold, silver, and bronze at 52nd Olympiad

Israeli chemistry students win gold, silver, and bronze at 52nd Olympiad “The work paid off,” says Roi Peer of Gan Haim, who became the first Israeli competitor in a decade to win a gold medal. h/t Israel HaYom A member of the Israeli delegati

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Nano aluminium offers fuel cells on demand – just add water

The accidental discovery of a new aluminium alloy could lead to portable hydrogen and could kick-start the struggling hydrogen economy

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U.S. scientists create metallic hydrogen, a possible superconductor, ending quest

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have succeeded in squeezing hydrogen so intensely that it has turned into a metal, creating an entirely new material that might be used as a highly efficient electricity conductor at room temperatu

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The #Science Behind #Nature's #Patterns

A new book explores the physical and chemical reasons behind incredible visual structures in the living and non-living world

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Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division - dihydrogen monoxide info

Dihydrogen Monoxide resources, information, research and more. Dihydrogen Monoxide is a dangerous chemical. Buy a Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide T-shirt.

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Researchers accidentally discover a way to make batteries last basically forever | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation,

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have successfully incorporated nanowire technology into a new battery that can withstand hundreds of thousands of charging cycles.

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Bizarre fourth state of water discovered

You already know that water can have three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. But scientists at the Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) have discovered that when it's put under extreme pressure in small spaces, the life-giving liquid can exhibit a strange

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Polish chemists tried to make kryptonite and failed, but then made a huge discovery

Avert your eyes, Superman, because according to news out of Poland this morning, a team of chemists just got awfully close to actually creating the fictional substance of kryptonite. Don’t sweat too much though, Clark — the scientists were only able t

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Study reveals new link between brain and fat-burning circuit

A new study in animal models, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), is the first to show that oxygen sensing in the brain has a role ...