All articles by Yuandi Li
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ReviewThe Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained + More Than 100 Essential Recipes
Exciting recipes and beautiful photographs, but at the expense for murky science
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ReviewFestival of the Spoken Nerd: You Can’t Polish a Nerd
Yuandi Li reviews the science stand-up trio’s latest DVD
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ReviewNodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave
Alice Gregory’s book explains the purpose, psychology and physiology of sleep at different stages of life
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ReviewFestival of the spoken nerd: just for graphs
Yuandi Li reviews the science stand-up trio’s touring show. But was their performance off the charts?
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ReviewThe salt fix: why the experts got it all wrong and how eating more might save your life
A book with a controversial message. But Yuandi Li asks if it’s too good to be true
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ReviewThe angry chef: bad science and the truth about healthy eating
Tackling myths about food and nutrition
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ReviewMouthfeel: how texture makes taste
A tastebud-tingling guide for food lovers and food science scholars
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Temperature responsive polymer stops overheating problem
Work by scientists in China could prevent supercapacitor self-destruction
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Reducing the cost of perovskite solar cells
Cheaper photovoltaic devices could be produced using a method that does not require temperatures above 150°C
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High-capacity MOF shows clean fuel promise
Cars that run on low-pressure natural gas could become a common sight on our roads thanks to a new high-capacity MOF material
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(+)-Myrrhanol C made
Spanish chemists have completed the stereospecific total synthesis of (+)-myrrhanol C
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Mustard plant can hold nerve agent secrets
UK scientists have shown that plants can be used to detect nerve agents
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Metal-free resins can drive down cost of solar energy
Scientists have replaced costly metals in dye-sensitised solar cells with cheap resins
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Reversible photoswitch a boost for molecular electronics
The switch closes under UV light to conduct electricity and opens to become non-conducting under visible light
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Cleaning hands with light
Tackling hospital bacteria quickly with a light-activated pathogen-killing compound