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Alcohol Most Harmful Drug

Alcohol Most Harmful Drug

Study reveals that, overall, alcohol is the most harmful drug with heroin and crack cocaine in second and third places

Revised Climate Model

Revised Climate Model

Climate models underestimate ozone levels shows the determination of the rate constant of atmospheric nitric acid formation

Fraunhofer Awarded

Fraunhofer Awarded

Fraunhofer is rewarded with the European Innovation Price for developing new solar cells (metamorphic triple-junction solar cells)

Smoke Detection Improved

Smoke Detection Improved

2,5-Dimethylfuran can be used to monitor environmental tobacco smoke levels and detect second-hand smoke

Algae Powered Gunboat

Algae Powered Gunboat

US Navy completes successfully testing of river-based command boat run on alternative fuels

New Carbene Chemistry

New Carbene Chemistry

Newly discovered reactivity of N-heterocyclic carbenes opens the door to an exciting area of synthetically useful carbene chemistry

New Periodic Table

New Periodic Table

An extended periodic table with 54 predicted elements has been mapped out by Pekka Pyykkö, University of Helsinki, Finland