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Deadly Chinese Mushrooms
Was the consumption of toxic mushrooms responsible for a series of unusual deaths in China’s Yunnan province? A team led by Ji-Kai Liu (Beijing) has now found…
Bilayer graphene works as an insulator
A research team led by physicists at the University of California, Riverside has identified a property of “bilayer graphene” (BLG) that the researchers say is…
Caltech chemists devise chemical reaction that holds promise for new drug development
The reaction they have come up with should enable chemists to synthesize new varieties of a whole subclass of organic compounds called nitrogen-containing…
Theory explains how new material could improve electronic shelf life
Much of modern technology is based on silicon's use as a semiconductor material, but research recently published in the journal Nature Materials shows that…
Graphene reveals its magnetic personality
Graphene is a sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a chicken wire structure. In its pristine state, it exhibits no signs of the conventional magnetism usually…
Cages Strung Together
Persilastaffanes are an unusual new class of compounds that are introduced in the journal Angewandte Chemie by Japanese researchers led by Takeaki Iwamoto at…