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Environment

Toxic PFAS can be broken down by bacteria found in wastewater

Certain kinds of "forever chemicals" can be dismantled using bacteria found in wastewater. This points to a possible way of making more of these compounds biodegradable

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Chemistry

Decades-old mystery about photosynthesis finally solved

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The fermentation of beer

Technology

Tiny yeast-filled robots help brew beer quickly and more efficiently

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Physics

Graphene shows record-breaking magnetic properties at room temperature

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Common sargasso weed

Chemistry

Plastic wrap made from seaweed withstands heat and is compostable

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rippled graphene with dissociated hydrogen atoms on top

Chemistry

Graphene with ripples could help make better hydrogen fuel cells

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Grains from Ryugu

Space

Samples from asteroid Ryugu contain one of the building blocks of RNA

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Earth

Oxygen on early Earth may have come from quartz crushed by earthquakes

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Fluorescent objects created using glass made from melted amino acids

Chemistry

Glass made of amino acids can be 3D-printed and dissolves in the body

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A reconstruction of the Huc enzyme

Chemistry

Soil bacteria enzyme generates electricity from hydrogen in the air

An enzyme called Huc that the soil bacterium Mycobacterium smegmatis uses to produce energy from hydrogen has been analysed and now we know how it works

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Chemistry

The surprisingly useful liquids that mop up gases like a sponge

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Chemistry

Strange quantum event happens once every 10 billion chances

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Environment

US military to test destroying toxic PFAS with superheated water

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Space

We're hurtling into a new region of interstellar space. What now?

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