Physics
We can now squeeze a molecule and turn it into one that we want
We can now precisely tweak molecular structures just by squeezing them - a technique that could let us efficiently build custom drug compounds on the cheap
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Earth
Green is the new black: Redesigning clothes to save the planet
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Space
Oceans on alien worlds may form when the air explodes in flames
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Earth
Beetles escape alive after almost 2 hours in a toad鈥檚 stomach
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Health
Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive
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Environment
Mars rocks may have drunk up all the water and doomed life there
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Earth
The unseen puppet masters that control life in the oceans
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Health
Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood
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Earth
Gel-like ice is the lightest form of water ever discovered
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Humans
Why adding a drop of water can make whisky taste even better
Scotch aficionados know that adding a little water to their dram can bring out the flavours 鈥� now we have glimpsed more of the chemistry behind it
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Atomic assembly lines are a small victory for chemists
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Technology
Atomic Legoland: How to build wonder stuff from the atom up
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Environment
Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells
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Health
Cold comfort: How chilling the lungs could beat heart attacks
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