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Stories about: ionic liquid

Ionic Liquids as Rocket Fuel Mark Gordon, a chemistry researcher from the Ames Laboratory in Iowa, has been striving to develop a more efficient rocket fuel type for more than a decade now. After many attempts and unsuccessful guesses, he now believes his current approach can be the lucky one. His attention is mainly focused on ionic liquids, th... 2 December 2008 17:41 GMT X-ray Imaging Boosted by Nanotube Technology X-ray imaging techniques are being widely used into hospitals all over the world to put in evidence the contrast between bone and soft tissue. X-ray light penetrates the soft tissue relatively easy, but it is partially absorbed into bone. The problem with X-ray imaging is that X-ray light is too powerful to be absorb... 29 January 2008 07:26 GMT