Chemistry

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We summarize the week's science breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Life

    Better sensing through empty receptors

    A new model suggests cells may be more sensitive to their environment than previously thought.

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  2. Chemistry

    The element tin does what carbon will not

    New bonding suggests scientists may need to rethink heavy metal chemistry.

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  3. Chemistry

    Changing charges make for squid rainbow

    Study finds how proteins self assemble in the cells of Loligo squid to reflect different wavelengths of light

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  4. Ecosystems

    Venom attracts decapitating flies

    New study may help scientists improve control of invasive fire ants

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  5. Chemistry

    Nose knows noxious gases

    Dyes on a new sensor react to correctly identify toxic chemicals, scientists find.

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  6. Chemistry

    50 million chemicals and counting

    BLOG: Chemists race to keep up with a mushrooming proliferation of novel molecules.

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  7. Chemistry

    Blue halos of doom

    Under ultraviolet light, rings around the brown spots in aging bananas may signal the transition from ripe to rotten, researchers say.

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  8. Chemistry

    New bond in the basement

    Scientists identify a sulfur-nitrogen link, never before seen in living things, critical to holding the body together.

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  9. Humans

    New genes give gut bacteria antibiotic resistance

    Scientists find new genes for antibiotic resistance in common bacteria in the human gut.

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  10. Chemistry

    Nitrous oxide fingered as monster ozone slayer

    Nitrous oxide has become the leading threat to the future integrity of stratospheric ozone, scientists report.

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  11. Chemistry

    Leptin leads to hamster baby boom

    High levels of leptin may tell mother hamsters to invest in larger litters, a new study suggests.

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  12. Chemistry

    Styrofoam degrades in seawater

    Study suggests besides the visible plastic, smaller bits are fouling the waters

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