News articles tagged with 'powder'
Chocolate is a 'super fruit'
— 7 Feb 2011 14:55 | ChemistryIt is widely known that fruit contains antioxidants which may be beneficial to health. New research published in the open access journal Chemistry Central Journal demonstrates that…
Researchers test inhalable measles vaccine
— 1 Feb 2011 21:41 | HealthSustained high vaccination coverage is key to preventing deaths from measles. Despite the availability of a vaccine, measles remains an important killer of children worldwide, particularly…
'Dry water' could make a big splash commercially
— 26 Aug 2010 07:46 | ChemistryAn unusual substance known as 'dry water,' which resembles powdered sugar, could provide a new way to absorb and store carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas that contributes to global…
Fault weaknesses, the centre cannot hold for some geologic faults
— 17 Dec 2009 09:54 | Geology and palaeontologySome geologic faults that appear strong and stable, slip and slide like weak faults. Now an international team of researchers has laboratory evidence showing why some faults that 'should…
Perfectly proportioned
— 8 Nov 2009 12:03 | TechnologyIt all happens very quickly: the feed shoe, configured as an open-bottomed box, moves across a surface in which a recess forms the shape of the desired part. The fine-grained metal…
Putting tyres on the recycling road
— 2 May 2009 17:48 | EnvironmentCSIRO is working with Australian company VR TEK Operations to design and develop a new, improved method of recycling waste rubber which could be used to make new tyres, industrial insulation,…
New material could make gases more transportable
— 20 Nov 2008 16:40 | TechnologyChemists at the University of Liverpool have developed a way of converting methane gas into a powder form in order to make it more transportable…
'Bake' a bone
— 12 Jul 2008 18:29 | HealthIndividual bone implants whose structure resembles that of the natural bone can now be produced quite easily. First, a simulation program calculates the bone's internal structure and…
Powder power - a simple, efficient route to hydrogen fuel
— 23 Jun 2008 14:27 | ChemistryChemists in the US have developed a simple reaction to make ammonia borane - a powder more hydrogen-dense than even liquid hydrogen. Their one-pot synthesis of this promising hydrogen…
New process could cause titanium price to tumble
— 21 May 2008 20:21 | TechnologyWhether for stopping cars or bullets, titanium is the material of choice, but it has always been too expensive for all but the most specialised applications. That could change, however,…
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