Chemistry
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Designer surface proves deadly to bacteria
Researchers have made a surface coating that kills bacteria on contact in a novel way.
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Cosmic Chemistry Gets Creative
By simulating extraterrestrial impacts on Earth, researchers are firing away at the question of how life started.
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Rocks May Have Given a Hand to Life
In a new twist to the puzzle of how life developed from only left-handed amino acids, researchers have found that the common mineral calcite can segregate the molecules into their left-handed and right-handed varieties.
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Liver cells thrive on novel silicon chips
Researchers have coaxed finicky liver cells to grow on porous silicon chips, a feat that could lead to new medical treatments.
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Leaden news for city neighborhoods
Researchers have identified more than 400 urban sites that may be highly contaminated with lead but had remained unknown to authorities for decades.
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Would you like wheat with that burger?
Researchers have used wheat to make a biodegradable hamburger carton.
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Research shows why water acts weird
A new technique shows a link between water's unusual physical properties and its abnormal molecular structure.
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New all-metal molecules ape organics
Researchers have stumbled upon the first all-metal, aromatic molecules.
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New solution for kitchen germs
Cooking will kill almost any microbe. But when it comes to serving raw foods, such as the vegetables in a garden salad, neutralizing germs with heat is not an option and washing the greens doesn’t reliably disinfect. Although raw produce can be sanitized in a bath of dilute bleach, a team of Georgia scientists is […]
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The End of Good Science?
Some chemists are sharing their research results more quickly and broadly as they begin to venture into electronic archives, where they can immediately post new, unreviewed papers, as physicists have done for a decade; others think such archives could mean the end of reliable chemistry research.
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New technique makes water droplets sprint
A newly developed process encourages water droplets at the hydrophobic center of a wafer to speed outward to a water-friendly edge.
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For a better smile, have some wasabi
Chemicals in the Japanese condiment wasabi could help prevent tooth decay.
