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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy? They are investigating whether our emotional attachments to the places around us can be harnessed in citizen science programmes to improve how well we understand our world.

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Using adsorbents to help society

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Both are sorption processes, where one substance attaches to another. However, unlike absorption, where particles are transferred into another material, adsorption is where particles attach themselves to the surface of another material. Silica gel adsorbs water and can, therefore, prevent these items from becoming damaged by moisture.

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Prostheses for people: matching the person and their new limb

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Limb losses can occur from a multitude of injuries, diseases or genetic abnormalities. Many of these nations have experienced conflict in recent decades, and even if the war may have ended, its legacy can live on in the form of unexploded landmines. With this information, they are improving body-powered prostheses.