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BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why is sugar sticky?

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Ludwigshafen (ots)

Sugar's ability to adhere to a surface pretty
impressive. Back in the 1950s, women even used sugar water to hold 
extravagant hairdos in place - and it made them pretty 
indestructible. But how does the sugar do it? In entertaining weekly 
episodes our Chemical Reporter answers questions of our Podcast 
listeners on Chemistry in our everyday life.
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    ots.Audio: BASF Podcast: Magical colors thanks to nanotechnology

    Ludwigshafen (ots) - In this Podcast of "Chemistry of Innovations" you will learn how "colors without dyes" can have effects that are almost magical. Normal color, like we know from everyday life, doesn't change its color impression when you look at it from different directions. With the help of nanotechnology researchers at BASF have now ...

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