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Inspired by deep sea sponges: Creating flexible minerals
Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Germany have created a new synthetic…
Profiting from Climate Change
As a group of researchers lead by colleagues from the University of Bonn found out, at the same time, tiny single-cell organisms are spreading rapidly through…
The secret of nanoparticle packing in cement
A research group partly financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is tackling this task.Discovering the perfect composition of Portland cement,…
Simulating the impact of ocean acidification on stony corals
Ocean acidification and its consequences for marine life pose several pressing problems that are of concern to scientists all over the world. One alarming…
First evidence of ocean acidification affecting live marine creatures in the Southern Ocean
During a science cruise in 2008, researchers from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the University of East Anglia (UEA), in collaboration with colleagues from…
New study helps predict impact of ocean acidification on shellfish
Ocean acidification is occurring because some of the increased carbon dioxide humans are adding to the atmosphere dissolves in the ocean and reacts with water…