• Question: What have you discovered while being a scientist

    Asked by anon-278663 on 2 Feb 2021. This question was also asked by anon-278196.
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      Michael Nolan answered on 2 Feb 2021:

      One important thing I have discovered is how little I and most of us know! This is a good thing as it gives us lots of great questions to explore
      My own big discoveries are
      (1) how to make methane produced from biomass into something more useful at low temperature, without CO2 being given off (normally a high temperature chemical process [big energy input needed!] producing CO2)
      (2) how to make a material that can allow you put down very, very, very small copper wiring for future transistors at the billionth of a metre scale

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