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How chemists are using light, enzymes and mechanical force to access higher‑energy stereoisomers without rebuilding a ...

This valuable study presents a comprehensive comparison of human and macaque monkey behavior across a range of visual perceptual phenomena. The use of a unified oddball visual search paradigm enables ...

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Scientists involved in planetary formation studies, meteorites, and early solar system investigations have been wondering ...

I've got a question for you guys. Do you think I can fit this length of polystyrene into this jar? Yes. No. No? Yeah? I like that – you lot have got some faith in me! Excellent. Right, this is what we ...

Knowing what is in our favorite food items has become more and more challenging of late. Manufacturers have gotten clever at ...

A groundbreaking study by Linda Losurdo, a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, successfully simulated extreme chemical ...

More than 4,000 naturally occurring minerals—inorganic solids that have a characteristic chemical composition and specific crystal structure—have been found on Earth. They are formed of simple ...

In this work, the authors demonstrated that blue light mediated mitochondrial contacts attenuated blue light induced mitochondrial dysfunction, and validated this in human cells and C. elegans. This ...

Explore 25 chemical reactions that broke reality, challenging science and reshaping our understanding of the universe.