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Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in ...
To prevent slips and slides on icy stairs or driveways, many people sprinkle a layer of sand or salt. Each has its strengths ...
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in their quest to solve ...
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Learn how copper additives (particularly copper oxides, salts, and nanoparticles) form tribofilms, reduce friction, and ...
You must have heard about Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March. Did you know that salt was such an important part in our struggle for freedom? What is salt? Salt, also commonly known as table salt, is a ...
Georgia's authorities used a World War One-era chemical weapon to quell anti-government protesters last year, evidence gathered by the BBC suggests. "You could feel [the water] burning," one of the ...