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ChemistryResearchers take an element off the table
Researchers have retracted their 1999 claim that they had created the heaviest member of the periodic table so far, element 118.
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AgricultureGene Makes Tomatoes Tolerate Salt
The world's first genetically engineered salt-tolerant tomato plant may help farmers utilize spoiled lands.
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ChemistryLongest carbon-carbon bonds discovered
Researchers have found a type of carbon-carbon bond that's twice as long as the longest naturally occurring bond linking two carbon atoms.
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ChemistryCarbon nanotubes show superconductivity
Researchers have made individual superconductive carbon nanotubes that are just 0.4