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Google's quantum processor

Physics

Google has performed the biggest quantum chemistry simulation ever

Google's Sycamore quantum computer, which recently demonstrated its dominance over ordinary computers, is now breaking records in quantum chemistry

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Jamestown painting

Physics

North America’s first English settlers were unlucky scientists

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Twisted crystals of paracetamol

Physics

We've discovered a strange twist in the story of how crystals form

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life artwork

Life

Why the hunt for alien life is under way far beneath Earth's surface

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Biochemistry

Definition

Biochemistry

DNA emerging on early earth

Life

Life may have begun with simple genes made out of urine

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Sir William Ramsay

Humans

Sir William Ramsay added a whole new group to the periodic table

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Helicopter putting out a fire

Environment

Sticky fluid can be sprayed on grassy verges to prevent wildfires

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Glider in the sky

Physics

Stealth glider made out of special polymer self-destructs in sunlight

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Plastic in the ocean

Environment

Tiny magnets could help rid the ocean of harmful microplastics

Tiny magnetic coils can turn microplastics into carbon dioxide and water. The reaction could catch plastic in wastewater streams and stop it entering the ocean

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Chemistry

Chemist Lee Cronin is building an alien to work out why life exists

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Physics

Military-grade jet fuel made cheaply from plant waste instead of coal

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Earth

Earth's magnetic poles probably won't flip within our lifetime

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Technology

How to suck water from desert air and quench the planet's thirst

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