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Molecular trick opens the door to a new generation of glass

Researchers at TU Dortmund University, Paderborn University, the University of Duisburg-Essen, and the University of Oxford have developed a new method for selectively modifying the internal structure of specific types of ...

What happens inside a wildfire? A Ph.D. student is finding out

What happens during a wildfire? The short answer is: much more than we know. As wildfires burn through trees, grasses and other vegetation, heat from the flames sets off thousands of chemical reactions at once. Molecules ...

Fibrinogen discovery reshapes understanding of how wounds heal

Scientists have redefined how the key blood-clotting protein fibrinogen behaves when it contacts air, overturning two decades of scientific consensus on wound healing. It is the culmination of more than a decade of international ...

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Photocatalytic method cleaves strong C–H bonds while preserving weaker C–Si bonds
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Catalyst converts CO₂ into high-value industrial chemical at room temperature with record efficiency
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How hydrogen can be produced from bio-based formic acid in a continuous process
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Natural gas drilling could raise salt levels, in turn boosting radium in water
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Meteorite dust holds records of magnetism that may have helped form the sun
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Why marine heat waves and acidification strike together
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Wildlife trafficking spreads across social media, putting thousands of species at risk
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Vacuum-fluctuation-enhanced superconductivity demonstrated for the first time
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New study reveals how space rocks become meteorites
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Chemists unlock Appel fluorination with potassium fluoride

Alcohols are among the most abundant building blocks in chemistry. Fluorinated compounds, meanwhile, are essential for many modern medicines, crop protection products and advanced materials. Converting one into the other, ...

Learning to better understand bone-like minerals

A University of California San Diego research team has found a better way to understand and stabilize hydroxyapatite, the calcium phosphate mineral that makes up much of our teeth and bones. By adding tiny amounts of europium, ...