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Conical mounds of salt reflected in the shallow water on the Salar de Uyuni at sunset

Chemistry

We finally know in detail how salt dissolves in water

A machine learning model has revealed how crystals of sodium chloride slowly weaken and then rapidly crumble to dissolve in water

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Technology

Gel-based encryption can only be unlocked with key of light and heat

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Electron microscope image of the new aluminium alloy

Chemistry

Aluminium alloy could boost spacecraft radiation shielding 100-fold

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Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless

Chemistry

Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for reliable molecule-building tool

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Life

Experiments hint at how molecules essential to all life first arose

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Saturn's moon Enceladus

Space

Enceladus shown to have all six of the essential elements for life

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A man smelling a plant

Technology

Google AI can tell what things smell like by the molecular structure

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Quantum computer

Technology

Quantum computers might not offer extreme speed boost for chemistry

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Bronze pot

Humans

Secrets of an ancient Chinese recipe for bronze finally deciphered

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A pipette by a fingerprint

Chemistry

Forensic fingerprinting technique could help spot document fraud

Pressing gelatin onto fingerprints then exposing it to a special vapour can determine when the prints were made

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Space

Mysterious light may come from the largest molecules found in space

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Technology

Ink filled with secret molecules can hide encryption key in a letter

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Life

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be killed by pom-pom molecules

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Physics

Antibubbles have been made to last a record-breaking 13 hours

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