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Using a novel X-ray technique, researchers find more durable form of copper capable of splitting water
Copper has many uses—in electrical wires, plumbing and even coins. With its abundance and relatively low price tag, copper ...
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James Webb Telescope Detects Molecule In Orion Nebula View
The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located ...
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Did Water Form in the Earliest Years of the Universe?
It's difficult to overstate just how surprisingly early to the party this water may have been. “This suggests that water, the ...
Mysterious Surface Changes on Jupiter's Moon Point to Something Deep Below
The icy surface of Jupiter 's moon Europa appears to be constantly changing, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope has ...
NASA discovers phenomenon that could have led to water loss on Mars
NASA scientists have discovered evidence that could help answer questions surrounding the history of water loss on Mars.
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Effect of Anchoring Groups on Single Molecule Charge Transport through Porphyrins
† Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States ‡ Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States Article Views ...
Early Earth chemistry: Triplet RNA building blocks and freeze-thaw cycles enable self-replication in water
Chemists at UCL and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology have demonstrated how RNA (ribonucleic acid) might have ...
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Metal-molecule charge transfer through Fermi level equilibration in plasmonic systems
This study describes a simple method to control metal-molecule charge transfer processes by tuning the surface potential and, consequently, the Fermi energy of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in-situ.
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Hydration Properties and Interlayer Organization of Water and Ions in Synthetic Na-Smectite with Tetrahedral Layer Charge. Part 1. Results from X-ray Diffraction Profile Modeling
Laboratoire Hydrogéologie, Argiles, Sols et Altérations, UMR6269-CNRS, Université de Poitiers, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France, Mineralogy & Environments, LGCA - Maison des ...