Demis Hassabis, John M. Jumper and David Baker win the 2024 Nobel Prize for chemistry for their work on proteins
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"Dark oxygen" production defies knowledge of the deep ocean, potentially upends standard model for discovering life on other planets
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Why are plants green? To reduce the noise in photosynthesis.
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The history of the gas mask
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The hazy evolution of cannabis
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Water isn't normal
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Turning styrofoam into cinnamon candy
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Chemistry of Spice Melange (from Dune)
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New material allows for better hydrogen-based batteries and fuel cells
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Making purple gold
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Machine learning creates a massive map of smelly molecules
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Researchers develop new mechanism to create water-repellent surfaces
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Why the empty atom picture misunderstands quantum theory
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The chemistry of ‘Yes Minister’ (2017)
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The hunt for natural hydrogen reserves
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Turning milk into clothing
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Measuring the amount of lead (Pb) consumed when drinking from lead crystal glassware. Is it safe?
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We made an epic fireworks display to explain the science of fireworks
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Superconductor chaos
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We made a meat-leaf to demonstration of the cutting edge of regenerative medicine, and bioengineering. And maybe as the first stop on the road to meat-robots.
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I lost the cubane race (still going though!) - Cubane Ep. 15
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Solving chemistry problems through AI
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In a geologic triumph, scientists drill a window into Earth’s mantle
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Multi-layer reactive foil: no fuel, no oxygen, tons of heat
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Turning paint thinner into cherry soda
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Excessive outbreaks of seaweed are clogging up our waters – now the algae is being harvested alongside farmed crops to create ingredients for cosmetics and food products
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‘Self-healing’ Roman concrete could aid modern construction, study suggests
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Making the stinkiest chemical known to man
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The world depends on this government warehouse's collection of strange Standard Reference Materials. They're not cheap.
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The man who tried to fake an element
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Lithium removal with household water purification devices
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These metals destroy themselves to prevent rust
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Reaching closer to Earth's core, one lava scoop at a time – 2021 eruption in Iceland gave researchers rare and illuminating access to the mantle
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Distillation and sealing of 139g of pure cesium into a glass vial
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From high-protein food to plastics and fuel, Swedish scientists are attempting to tap seaweed's huge potential
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Making what is said to be one of the worst smelling substances ever invented, US Government Standard Bathroom Malodor
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Energy, and how to get it - All of us know people who have more energy than we do, but the science of the phenomenon is just coming into view
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How to grow sodium chloride crystals at home
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Fractal ink jets that power spiral motion
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The poisons – real and fictional – used in Bond films
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Turning cotton balls into cotton candy
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Forensic science can be a powerful crime-fighting tool, but misdeeds, dubious methodologies, and bogus claims threaten its reputation—and the reputation of science as a whole
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AlphaFold DB provides open access to protein structure predictions for the human proteome and twenty other key organisms to accelerate scientific research
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New electronic paper displays brilliant colors
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How does film actually work? (It's magic) [Photos and Development]
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Making transparent wood
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Powerpaste ‘goo’ stores ten times the energy density of lithium-ion batteries
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Discoveries at the edge of the Periodic Table: First ever measurements of Einsteinium
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Reusable handwarmers that get hot by freezing
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First-ever atomic resolution video of salt crystals forming in real time
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