Side dishes made with colorful vegetables are a holiday staple for many.
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The turkey doesn’t have to be the star this Thanksgiving. Vegetable side dishes are packed with nutrients − depending on how you prepare them, they can help keep you energized this holiday season.
Many flame retardant additives have been banned.
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Flame retardants were developed to prevent house fires and help save lives. But they come with some serious health risks.
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Scientists have known about the ‘formose reaction’ for 160 years. New research shows how it could have played a key role in the creation of life.
Color patterns seen in fish and other animals evolved to serve various purposes.
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Understanding how the intricate spots and stripes, or Turing patterns, of many animals form can help scientists mimic those processes in the lab.
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new ‘living’ material.
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‘Living materials’ made with genetically engineered bacteria and Jell-O-like gel could make pollutants in water bodies nontoxic.
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Some coffee lovers can’t do without their hit of caffeine. But if you prefer decaf, here’s the intriguing science of how it’s made, why it costs more – and how much caffeine makes it to your cup.
An illustration of an asteroid orbiting through space.
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Scientists have been searching Earth’s surface for superheavy elements too difficult to make in the lab, but now, many are looking to the skies instead.
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Life seems to just mysteriously ‘emerge’ from non-living parts, such as elementary particles.
Researchers sample water from various layers to analyze back in the lab.
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An unusual lake with distinct layers of low-oxygen and high-iron water lets researchers investigate conditions like those in the early Earth’s oceans.
Louis Brus, center, shares Nobel recognition with two other quantum dots pioneers.
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Louis Brus explains some of the foundational research – and how even the letter carrier wants to shake your hand when you’ve just won a Nobel Prize.
Single-use plastics.
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A team of scientists has developed a method for creating a new class of plastic materials that are potentially more recyclable than single-use plastics.
Pantry staples can go rancid when exposed to oxygen.
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Pantry food can go bad if exposed to oxygen, but an AI model might help develop more effective preservatives and keep food fresher for longer.
Louis Brus, one of the 2023 Nobel laureates in chemistry.
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Louis Brus, one of the newest Nobel laureates in chemistry, speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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The limitless world of chemistry and how researchers investigate it.
Chemistry Nobel prize laureates Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov.
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Quantum dot technology has also helped revolutionise medical imagining.
Work in attosecond physics has led to a better understanding of how electrons move around.
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Three scientists won the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for their work developing methods to shoot laser pulses that only last an attosecond, or a mind-bogglingly tiny fraction of a second.
Has the Nobel Prize category ‘chemistry’ morphed into ‘biochemistry’?
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The Nobel Prize categories were set up more than a century ago. Since then, science has grown and evolved in unpredictable ways.
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Liposomes have been used to enhance the effectiveness of medicines for decades – but it doesn’t necessarily mean they will work in food supplements too.
UC Davis students learn the fundamentals of both engineering and brewing coffee.
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In an engineering course at UC Davis, students learn all the nuances that go into brewing ‘a truly excellent cup of coffee.’
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While chlorine plays a role in making your hair appear green, there’s actually another main culprit – copper.