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chemistry

Abiogenesis

Life

First self-replicating molecules may have had just two ingredients

A mixture of two carbon-based chemicals can spontaneously form molecules that can copy themselves, hinting at how life may have begun on Earth

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Liquid metal that floats on water could make transformable robots

Chemistry

Liquid metal that floats on water could make transformable robots

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Asteroid over Earth

Space

Have we really found an alien protein inside a meteorite?

Analysis

Milky Way's black hole

Space

Our galaxy’s huge black hole may have created organic molecules

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The British chemist Dorothy Hodgkin showing the model of protein molecular structure.

People in Science

Dorothy Hodgkin

Art prints made using rain, fog and snow reveal the nature of water

Environment

Art prints made using rain, fog and snow reveal the nature of water

Regulars

Bow tie molecule

Chemistry

Scientists made a bow tie-shaped molecule and it changes colour

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metal bonds

Physics

Watch the first ever video of a chemical bond breaking and forming

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Google's quantum processor

Physics

Google has performed the biggest quantum chemistry simulation ever

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Jamestown painting

Physics

North America’s first English settlers were unlucky scientists

The English founded Jamestown, Virginia in the 17th century to search for gold. They didn’t find much, but that wasn’t for lack of effort or scientific skill

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Physics

We've discovered a strange twist in the story of how crystals form

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Life

Why the hunt for alien life is under way far beneath Earth's surface

Features

Definition

Biochemistry

Life

Life may have begun with simple genes made out of urine

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