Irving Langmuir's work in surface chemistry led to his invention of the high-vacuum tube, more efficient electric lamps, the hydrogen blowtorch, and many other innovations. You won’t find many ...

Adsorption by nanoporous materials has a number of applications, including gas separation, purification and storage. The suitability of a particular material for any given application can be assessed ...

The Mathematical Gazette is the original journal of the Mathematical Association and it is now over a century old. Its readership is a mixture of school teachers, college and university lecturers, ...

The chemist Irving Langmuir had already won a Nobel Prize, but he’d never screamed in delight during an experiment before. It was November 13, 1946. He was standing in a control tower at the ...

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