Molecule of the Week: Carbon dioxide (part 1 of many)
Carbon dioxide (via Wikipedia by JacekFH) carbon atom in the middle flanked by two oxygen atoms This small molecule is too big for a single post, so I’ll probably revisit it at different points in this...
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my tomato plants in late June Could a voice actually matter in making plants grow? Most of the scientific-sounding explanations I’ve ever heard about response of plants to people have invoked the...
View ArticlePractical phase changes: more carbon dioxide
I get to talk about an interesting application of carbon dioxide today in my latest article for Scientific American: sterilizing transplanted tissues such as tendon and bone. Before I heard about this...
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