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Jul 26, 2012
Absorbent Paint Could Soak Up Chemical Weapons, Protecting Vehicle Occupants From Deadly Gas
Syria’s regime announced for the first time this week that it has chemical weapons, and stands ready to use them...
Jul 22, 2010
Poplar Science: Custom Proteins Drawn from Genetically Engineered Trees Expand Silicon Chips’ Memory Capacity
In the future, we won’t need rare-earth elements to make powerful computers. We can use poplar trees. Engineers in Israel...
Oct 28, 2009
Yeast Cells Armored in Silica Could Herald Future Nanotech Experiments
Korean researchers encapsulate living yeast cells in synthetic silica armor and watch what happens
Sep 03, 2009
A Dental Filling Made from Bile and Silica
The ancient Greeks thought an excess of bile could make you angry or melancholy, but Julian Zhu thinks the digestive...
