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Titania To Dye For

Titania To Dye For

Tiny crystalline flowers of titania can catalytically break down toxic azo dyes in wastewater

Stronger than Weak Bonds

Stronger than Weak Bonds

Homonuclear dihydrogen bonds link alkanes in the crystal state. But are these purportedly weak bonds stronger than we think?

Sweet Tasting Cells

Sweet Tasting Cells

Understanding how taste cells respond to sugar could eventually lead to ways to treat overconsumption and perhaps obesity

Sweet Solution to Mobile Power

Sweet Solution to Mobile Power

You might one day power your mp3 player or smart phone by simply pouring in a sugary drink, thanks to biofuel cells research

Current Thinking on DNA

Current Thinking on DNA

A 34-nm strand of DNA, just 100 base pairs long, can conduct a small electrical current without damage

Avoiding Misfolding

Avoiding Misfolding

Screening 10,000 chemical compounds reveals a lead for treatment of prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease