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Graphite super lube works at micron scale

May 31, 2012 – 2:00 am

Graphite super lube works at micron scale - Scientists in China and Australia have used graphite to reduce the friction between two contact surfaces to an all time low. The work establishes the feasibility of applications for this phenomenon in microscale devices and reducing energy consumption. Reference: Z. Liu et al, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2012, 108, 205503 (DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.205503)

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Tropical fruit to tackle obesity

May 27, 2012 – 12:00 am

Tropical fruit to tackle obesity - Researchers in Australia have found that chemicals in the peel, but not the flesh, of certain mango varieties prevent the formation of fat cells. Reference: M-W Taing et al, Food Funct., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2fo30073g

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Rare Moon mineral found in Australia

January 11, 2012 – 12:00 am
  • Rare Moon mineral found in Australia - A mineral brought back to Earth by the first men on the Moon and long thought to be unique to the lunar surface has been found in Australian rocks more than 1 billion years old. Named after Apollo 11's 1969 landing site at the Sea of Tranquility, tranquillityite was one of three minerals first discovered in rocks from the Moon and the only one not to be found, in subsequent years, on Earth.
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