Chemistry
Strange quantum event happens once every 10 billion chances
When two forms of hydrogen smash together an unusual process called quantum tunnelling can occur. Researchers have now worked out how rarely it happens
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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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Chemistry
We finally know in detail how salt dissolves in water
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Technology
Gel-based encryption can only be unlocked with key of light and heat
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Chemistry
Aluminium alloy could boost spacecraft radiation shielding 100-fold
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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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Space
Enceladus shown to have all six of the essential elements for life
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Technology
Google AI can tell what things smell like by the molecular structure
An artificial intelligence model that maps the structure of molecules to their smell could help create specific food tastes or find compounds to better repel disease-carrying organisms like mosquitoes
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Technology
Quantum computers might not offer extreme speed boost for chemistry
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Humans
Secrets of an ancient Chinese recipe for bronze finally deciphered
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Chemistry
Forensic fingerprinting technique could help spot document fraud
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Space
Mysterious light may come from the largest molecules found in space
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