Chemistry

  1. Chemistry

    Oxygen shapes growth of graphene

    The number of atoms on a copper surface changes the size and rate of the material's crystal development.

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  2. Chemistry

    Water squishes into stable shapes, no container required

    Nanoparticles lock together to hold water in place for more than a month.

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  3. Planetary Science

    Carbonation may have grounded Mars’ atmosphere

    The chemical interaction could have forced Red Planet’s atmospheric carbon dioxide into the dirt.

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  4. Chemistry

    Crystal-crystal contact makes quasicrystal

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  5. Physics

    ‘Magic number’ 34

    Guest post by Gabriel Popkin.

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  6. Chemistry

    Simulating reactions in cyberspace earns Nobel Prize in chemistry

    Computer models that meld quantum and classical calculations have earned three scientists the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

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  7. Chemistry

    Solving chemical experiments in cyberspace wins scientists Nobel Prize in chemistry

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  8. Humans

    Chemical behind corked wine quashes other aromas

    Old sock smell signals contamination but doesn't belong to TCA, study proposes.

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  9. Chemistry

    Meteorite that fell last year contains surprising molecules

    Compounds in space rocks like the one that broke up over California may have helped seed life on Earth.

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  10. Environment

    Atomic ant sand

    Robb Hermes asked for sand ants to get samples of Trinitite, a material created in the test blasts of the first atomic bomb.

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  11. Chemistry

    Coatings have simple recipe for success

    Chemists encapsulate tiny objects using natural ingredients and easy, inexpensive process.

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  12. Chemistry

    High methane in drinking water near fracking sites

    Well construction and geology may both play a role in pollution.

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