Plants and Animals
Female Putty-Nosed Monkeys’ Warning Calls Summons Males To Fight Off Predators
A little help from your friends can come when you see yourself facing the enemy, and new research published in the Royal Society of Open…
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Plants and Animals
Ever Wondered What’s Inside A Turtle Shell? Come Take A Peek
Turtles – or more specifically turtles, tortoises and terrapins – have some unusual body plans that rationally favor them. The exterior is simple enough to…
Chemistry
Lithium bromide – a chemical compound of lithium and bromine
Lithium bromide (LiBr) is a chemical compound of lithium and bromine. It is an extremely hygroscopic chemical commonly used in absorption chillers, where water is…
Chemistry
Copper hydroxide – the hydroxide of copper
Copper hydroxide is the hydroxide of copper with the chemical formula of Cu(OH)2. It is also called cupric hydroxide is a pale blue precipitate produced…
Plants and Animals
Human DNA Can Be Collected From Air, First-Of-Its-Kind Study Shows
Scientists have shown for the first time that human DNA can be collected from air samples. Although the work is still in its early days,…
Plants and Animals
Exclusive: Olympus Has Announced The Incredible Winners Of The 2020 Global Image Of The Year Award
The microscopic world has never looked as beautiful as captured by the winners and there is a respectable mention of the second year Global Image…
Plants and Animals
Newly Discovered Dinosaur Named “One Who Causes Fear” Had Keen Hearing And A Fierce Bite
Paleontologists have discovered a new dinosaur species in Patagonia that probably has a higher hearing capacity than its fellow dinosaurs. Researchers in Argentina have dubbed…
Chemistry
Hydroxylammonium Sulfate (Properties, Uses)
Colorless crystals of hydroxylammonium sulfate (NH3OH)2SO4, or HS, are soluble in water and only slightly soluble in alcohol. On the skin, the solution has a…
Chemistry
Tin oxide – an off-white crystalline solid or powder
Tin oxide (SnO2) nanoparticles are available in the form of faceted high surface area diamagnetic oxide nanostructures. It appears as a white or off-white crystalline…
Chemistry
Dioxygen difluoride – a compound of fluorine and oxygen
Dioxygen difluoride is a fluorine oxide. It is a compound of fluorine and oxygen with the molecular formula O2F2. It is an inorganic compound used…
Chemistry
Hydroxylamine (Properties, Reactions, Uses)
Hydroxylamine is an inorganic compound with the formula NH2OH that is the hydroxyl derivative of ammonia. It’s a chemical that’s used to produce oximes from…
Chemistry
Chlorine trifluoride – an interhalogen compound
Chlorine trifluoride appears as a colorless gas or green liquid with a pungent odor. It is an interhalogen compound with the formula ClF3. It is…
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