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Letter: For the record – 23 November 2019

Published 20 November 2019

• Among heat pumps, only the air-source variety uses a fan in collecting energy (9 November, p 18).

• Gluten may be present in many parts of wheat grains, as well as in some other grains (Feedback, 12 October).

• Alexei Poludnenko and his team ignited a mixture of hydrogen and air to track the evolution of its explosion (9 November, p 17).

Issue no. 3257 published 23 November 2019

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