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ResearchMysterious nitrogen ice patterns on Pluto linked to sublimation
Scientists use modelling to show that sublimation of nitrogen ice fuels convection in Pluto’s Sputnik Planitia impact crater by cooling its surface
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Painstakingly curated perovskite database of over 40,000 devices set to speed up solar research
Gargantuan task of manually curating huge open-access platform could pay dividends by accelerating the discovery of new photoactive materials
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The sun may have been the surprising source of Earth’s water
Dust grains pounded by solar wind and then delivered to Earth are a significant source of the planet’s oceans
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Algorithm out of Google’s DeepMind finesses DFT calculations
Machine learning creates algorithm that avoids large errors in solutions to certain problems
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Mashed magnesium used to prepare Grignards without worrying about air
Mechanochemical method avoids inert gas and dry solvents in classic organometallic reaction
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Rare red californium sandwich pushes frontier of isolable molecules
Researchers rehearsed metallocene’s synthesis with other elements before using just two milligrams of the precious radioactive actinide
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Diels-Alder reaction directly observed under the microscope
Simple ring-forming reaction followed on a surface for the first time using scanning probe microscopy
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Majority of top chemicals on market deemed environmentally unsustainable by new metric
Researchers call on chemical industry to embrace absolute environmental sustainability criteria
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Simple campfire chemistry hints how ancient humans produced pigments
Process to make red ochre didn’t require close control of temperature
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The diamond family welcomes its newest member – paracrystalline diamond
Amorphous diamond with pockets of natural diamond makes theoretical paracrystals a reality
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Engineered antibody that snags sperm could be an effective non-hormonal contraceptive
Approach could offer new method of contraception for women
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Unsupervised machine-learning tool could accelerate catalyst discovery
The approach was able to identify phosphine ligands that may form dinuclear palladium(I) complexes using only five experimental data points
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Prokaryotes programmed to produce paracetamol avoid pervasive petrochemicals
Genetically modified E. coli serve as green factories for painkillers
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First inspection of σ-hole reveals its peculiar shape
Atomic force microscopy snaps first experimental images of halogen bond’s charge distribution
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Prehistoric Iberians poisoned by cinnabar almost 5000 years ago
Analyses of mercury levels in bones reveal ancient artists suffered for their craft
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Triple Leidenfrost effect found in bouncing droplet pairs
Droplets of different liquids placed on a hot surface perform a bouncy dance before merging – sometimes with explosive results
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Electrostatic origins of specific ion effects revealed
Ion–solvent Coulomb interactions explain ordering of Hofmeister series, new study claims
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Doubly negative dianions can form π hole bonds too
Researchers report an attractive interaction between two doubly negative dianions for the first time
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Quantum double-slit experiment done with molecules for the first time
Researchers prepare ‘new type of matter’ to conduct classic wave–particle duality experiment
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Gel-forming proteins could help tardigrades survive extreme conditions
Biophysical dissection of tardigrade’s disordered protein could uncover how microscopic animals survive conditions that kill most other forms of life
