Water molecule discovery contradicts textbook models
Textbook models will need to be re-drawn after a team of researchers found that water molecules at the surface of salt water are organized differently than previously thought.
Textbook models will need to be re-drawn after a team of researchers found that water molecules at the surface of salt water are organized differently than previously thought.
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Biochemistry
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Biochemistry
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Materials Science
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Molecular & Computational biology
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Plants & Animals
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Condensed Matter
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