States of matter
The state of matter is a deceptively simple concept. It turns out that any material, no matter what it is made of, can exist in one of three forms: solid, liquid or gas.
Chemical elements
Moles
Life
First self-replicating molecules may have had just two ingredients
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Chemistry
Liquid metal that floats on water could make transformable robots
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Space
Have we really found an alien protein inside a meteorite?
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Space
Our galaxy’s huge black hole may have created organic molecules
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Dorothy Hodgkin
Environment
Art prints made using rain, fog and snow reveal the nature of water
Regulars
Chemistry
Scientists made a bow tie-shaped molecule and it changes colour
A molecule shaped like a bow tie changes colour in the presence of toxic chemicals, which could make it useful for monitoring air
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Physics
Watch the first ever video of a chemical bond breaking and forming
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Physics
Google has performed the biggest quantum chemistry simulation ever
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Physics
North America’s first English settlers were unlucky scientists
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Physics
We’ve discovered a strange twist in the story of how crystals form
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