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Chrome is a beauty and durability metal. It has been used to add a protective coating and shiny luster to a wide range of metal products, from bathroom fixtures to car bumpers. This metal futures become a heavy cost. It’s cheap to produce and harmless for the customer, but it is dangerous for worker and pollutes [...]

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Who would have thought that with some of our everyday care products we are polluding ourselves? A group of scientists had a weekend to test their own bodies to see what some substances cause. At the beginning of the tests they took urine and blood samples to see the changes from before and after. Then [...]

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With the rising prices of gasoline and our world’s dependence on fossil fuels, the possibility of getting HMF from cellulose in one step seems like dream come true- and that dream is now reality. HMF, a building block for plastics, once had to be made from sugar that was retrieved from cellulose in plants before [...]

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Chemists have been looking for a new way for molecular containers to be used. So far they have come up with little success. Usually they are used to mask and destroy odor. Molecular containers are tightly linked rings of atoms that can hold cargo of proteins and other compounds until it’s time for the cargo [...]

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If you watch crime shows, you know that the staple of evidence is fingerprints. It shows who was at the crime scene, and ultimately help to catch the criminal. You have problems, however, when you have overlapping fingerprints. US scientists may have a solution for that now.. They claim that they can not only identify [...]

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Researchers have found a new way to make medical implants last longer. The implants also are biocompatible. Stainless steel is the main substance in making the implant coatings for things such as joint replacements. The researchers found that by electrically modifying the implants, it will increase the lifespan of the coating. There is a film [...]

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Dr Héctor Rodríguez and Professor Robin Rogers have found a new eco-friendly way of dissolving wood using ionic liquids that may help its transformation into popular products such as bio fuels, textiles, clothes and paper. Presently wood is broken down by the Kraft process which uses a technology that uses wasteful and harmful chemicals. It has [...]

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Chemists have created metal rubber, which is flexible but still is able to conduct electricity. It is also lightweight, and is virtually indestructible. According to the article, it “can be heated, frozen, washed or doused with jet fuel, and still retain its electricity-conducting properties.” This new material combines the pros of both rubber and metal. [...]

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