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Chemistry

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Smallest life forms have smallest working...

October 18, 2018
Rodriguez, Kuriyan and Meyer

National Academy of Medicine elects three...

October 17, 2018
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New test rapidly identifies antibiotic-resistant...

October 15, 2018
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Feeding a bacterium’s appetite for gold

October 12, 2018
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Chemistry Nobel goes to UC Berkeley Ph.D....

October 3, 2018
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‘Spacesuits’ protect microbes destined to live...

October 1, 2018
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Engineered sand zaps storm water pollutants

August 30, 2018
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Zapping hydrogen gas with 168 lasers turns it into a...

August 20, 2018
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New form of carbon a diamond in the rough

August 13, 2018
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Tying electrons down with nanoribbons

August 8, 2018
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May 22, 2018

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March 9, 2018
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The amazing flexibility of red blood cells

January 30, 2018

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