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ResearchA way to visualise valence electrons
Simulations suggest an existing technique could be used to track the movement of electrons during a reaction
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Evidence mounts that water has two liquid forms
Supercooled solution reveals phase transition at -80°C
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Molecules’ vibrations linger longer than thought
Surface chemistry could be guided by vibrations that go on for orders of magnitude longer than previously reported
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Glimpse of water's superionic state may explain icy giants' oddities
Bizarre state of water with solid and liquid properties offers answer to Neptune and Uranus’ magnetic field mystery
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First pictures of hydrogen molecule wave function unveiled
Using a combination of sophisticated equipment and theoretical methods, chemists pictured the square of the wave function of H2
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Can we control reactions with electric fields?
Think beyond the hot plate and stirrer – the consequences could be revolutionary, says Joshua Howgego
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Solvation caught in the act
Water molecules observed arranging themselves into solvation shell around azo dye
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Hinshelwood’s 1956 chemistry Nobel prize medal to be auctioned
Medal is believed to be one of just eight ever sold
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Crystalline copper compound gets knotted
Crystals as flexible as nylon could open door to new uses in wearable electronics
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Chemists unravel why humans aren’t constantly bursting into flames
Strong π-bonding holds the secret to taming dioxygen diradicals
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Hypothetical molecule might take wing in bird geometry
Yet-to-be-synthesised iodabenzene could be stabilised by functional groups that support a bird-shaped isomer
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Spin measurements evade Heisenberg uncertainty principle
New technique allows atomic spin properties to be measured simultaneously with greater accuracy
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Evaporation drives dancing droplet breakdown
Changes in surface tension cause alcohol–water droplet on oil to burst into thousands of tiny droplets
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First observation of unusual hemi bond
Experimental evidence for two-centre three-electron bond described as ‘a triumph of spectroscopy’
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Bouncing Leidenfrost droplets seem to defy gravity
Scientists uncover why charged droplets on a hot surface bounce progressively higher
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Mpemba effect in hot water after doubt cast on its existence
Frosty reception for claim that effect where hot water freezes faster than cold has no basis
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Bond activation probed using x-ray laser
Observations of the oxygen–ruthenium bond could help improve catalyst design
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Scientists finally calculate water’s freezing point from scratch
Machine learning shows how van der Waals forces help explain watery wonders like floating ice cubes
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Explosive water display caught on film
SLAC produces first slow motion video of droplets exploding in path of x-ray laser
