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Microrockets Could Travel To Your Gut And Fix It

Scientists have created a teeny tiny rocket that could swim around in your stomach and fix whatever ails you. You may have heard similar tales before, but this version has an excellent chance of landing in your gut thanks to a hydrogen-powered motor fuelled by a hydrogen bubble.

September 6, 2011
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World’s Smallest Electric Motor Is Made From A Single Molecule

How silly of us all to never realise that the butyl methyl sulfide molecule is not a liquid, but a motor. Thankfully, some clearheaded chemists at Tufts University were able to make us see this compound’s true nature.

August 30, 2011
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An Electronic Sensor Could Smell The Stench Of Heart Disease

Go ahead and add heart disease to the never ending list of ailments that can be detected by a non-human nose, German researchers have created a sensor that can smell heart disease.

August 27, 2011
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Get Drunk On The Future

Just as molecular gastronomy is the future of food, molecular mixology is the future of drink. One of the leading figures of both is none other than cutting-edge chef Grant Achatz, who just opened one of these future bars in Chicago.

August 17, 2011
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Sunscreen + Caffeine = Skin Cancer Killer?

Caffeine has previously been correlated with a reduced risk of cancer. But the latest research-aided theory coming out of Rutgers University is that putting caffeine into sunscreen will reduce that risk even more.

July 26, 2011
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New Tests Spot Suspect Scotch

The whiskey business in Scotland is a £800 million/year industry ($1.2 billion) . With that much money flowing, knockoff brands are pervasive. But a newly developed test can rapidly and accurately tell real scotch from fake, on-site.

June 30, 2011
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Love Is The Ultimate Painkiller

Don’t bother with morphine the next time you are pain. All you need is a healthy dose of love to make yourself feel better in an instant.

May 14, 2011
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10 Food Additives That You’re Eating… Right… Now

When it comes to our eating habits, we’ve been living in the future for quite some time. Compared to food of the past, ours is sweeter, its colours are brighter, and (if it’s bread) ultra-fluffly-er. Find out about all the neat things that you’re eating, even as you read this. That’s right. I see that hot pocket.

May 13, 2011
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You Are What You Eat Eats

There’s no such thing anymore as just eating a steak. Was it grass fed? Did it have a hobby? Now, thanks to a group of Irish chemists, you’ll never have to worry again about your Porterhouse’s diet. Just your own.

April 27, 2011
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Kids Can Now Play With No-Chemicals Chemistry Sets

What’s a chemistry set without the chemicals? Seemingly, $US21.88 worth of plastic tools and test tubes. The set has “60 fun activities with no chemicals”, based on stuff you can grab from kitchen cabinets, though if they’re suggesting kids should try mixing water with milk and a teabag, there are going to be a lot of unhappy sprogs out there. And beaming parents who just had a cup of tea made for them in a beaker. [Amazon via C&EN via Boing Boing via CrunchGear]

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