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Entries from May 15th, 2009

Overcoming Addiction

May 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Chemistry

When a person gets addicted to something, it is very hard to break out of it. Drugs are especially difficult to stop using them. Scientists have found possibilities that will hopefully stop the want for the drug and erase the memory of wanting it. They have found three different benzopyranone candidates. They still need to [...]

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How Oil Gets Stuck Underground In Inaccessible Places

May 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Chemistry

To many people it is a mystery that the worlds oil is running out, but in reality oilfields are only half emptied. Much of the oil is getting stuck in small cavities of the surrounding rock or becomes stuck to the walls. This stuck oil can’t be accessed because the techniques they are using are [...]

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