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New wonder material designed by AI is as light as foam but as strong as steelThe new technique could produce materials for use in helicopters, airplanes and spacecraft.
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Asteroid Bennu contains the 'seeds of life,' OSIRIS-REx samples revealScientists have found all five nucleobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu.
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'Medieval' nanotech chainmail sports 100 trillion chemical bonds per square centimeter — and could be the future of armorResearchers unveiled a super-strong nanoscale material made from the first two-dimensional mechanically interlocked polymers. The material resembles medieval chainmail at the molecular level and could be used in body armor.
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Scientists discover revolutionary method that makes fuel from water and sunlight — but it's not finished yetScientists in Japan have demonstrated a new method to create hydrogen fuel without emitting greenhouse gases. But key steps to improve its efficiency remain for it to be commercially viable.
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Periodic table of elements: How it works and who created itThe Periodic Table, first created by Dmitri Mendeleev, organizes all of the known elements in an informative array.
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What are VOCs? The facts about volatile organic compoundsVolatile organic compounds (VOCs) are gaseous chemicals that are emitted by various household items, as well as natural sources.
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Scientists just got 1 step closer to creating a 'superheavy' element that is so big, it will add a new row to the periodic tableScientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The team believes this method could potentially help synthesize the hypothetical "element 120," which would be heavier than any known element.
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Chemists broke a 100-year-old rule to make extremely unstable moleculesScientists have just broken a 100-year-old chemistry rule and synthesized a type of 3D, unstable molecule called an anti-Bredt olefin.
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Periodic table of elements quiz: How many elements can you name in 10 minutes?Quiz Can you name everything from Ac to Zr? Test your knowledge of the periodic table and see if you can top the leaderboard
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