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Matthew Fuchter, who develops novel molecular systems at the University of Oxford, calls this “an exciting study [that] ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

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One of the greatest mysteries of our planet is how a soup of lifeless chemicals transformed into the first living cell. There are several competing theories about where this happened, from frozen ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists at MIT discovered a method to create a kind of particle accelerator using a molecule of radium monofluoride. Once excited by lasers in a ...

Scientists have cracked a key mystery behind spider silk’s legendary strength and flexibility. They discovered that tiny ...

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