Chemistry

  1. Chemistry

    Missing enzyme to blame for scentless roses

    The unusual enzyme behind roses’ sweet smell may help researchers revive the flower’s potent aroma.

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  2. Environment

    Mystery toxins in tainted New Zealand honey nabbed

    Sweet and stealthy toxins have been caught sticky-handed, potentially solving a decades-long mystery of tainted honey in New Zealand.

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  3. Chemistry

    Quantum chemistry may be a shortcut to life-changing compounds

    Quantum chemistry could launch a manufacturing revolution, helping to identify materials for improved solar cells, better batteries or more effective medicines.

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  4. Plants

    Fifty years ago, ethylene research ripened

    In 1965, scientists realized ethylene was the molecule that ripens fruit.

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  5. Oceans

    Mysterious form of phosphorus explained

    Mysterious form of phosphorus may be used as shadow currency by marine microbes, potentially upending scientists’ understanding of nutrient exchanges.

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  6. Chemistry

    Fingerprints give away more than identity

    Scientists can now detect and measure the amount of illegal drugs, such as cocaine and heroin, on a lone fingerprint.

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  7. Chemistry

    Bacteria staining method has long been misexplained

    New research upends what scientists know about a classic lab technique, called gram staining, used for more than a century to characterized and classify bacteria.

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  8. Chemistry

    Designer drugs hit dangerous lows to bring new highs

    A surge in designer drugs, which emulate the highs of classic illicit substances with unpredictable effects, is keeping law enforcement busy.

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  9. Chemistry

    Sugar-cleaving molecule raises hope for universal blood

    An engineered enzyme can quickly slice and dice some A and B markers from blood cells, bringing researchers closer to creating universal blood.

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  10. Chemistry

    A chemistry card game forges bonds

    A new card game lets players brush up on chemistry by making compounds out of ions. Form some bonds and have fun in the process.

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  11. Chemistry

    Shipwrecked bubbly gives chemists a taste of the past

    Champagne preserved at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for 170 years has given chemists a glimpse of past winemaking methods.

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  12. Chemistry

    New data on synthetic element trigger rethink of periodic table

    New data on lawrencium, element 103, trigger rethink of periodic table.

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