Chemistry

Low voltages generated minerals that help bind the sand into erosion-resistant rock, offering hope for shorelines ravaged by waves.

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The world’s fastest microscope makes its debut

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Tycho Brahe dabbled in alchemy. Broken glassware is revealing his recipes

The shards contain nine metals that the famous astronomer may have used, including one not formally identified until 180 years after his death.

Some ‘forever chemicals’ may be absorbed through our skin

PFAS, which are found in common products such as cosmetics, food packaging and waterproof gear, have been linked to health problems.

A new element on the periodic table might be within reach

Scientists made the known element 116 with a beam of titanium atoms, a technique that could be used to make the undiscovered element 120.

Sulfur was key to the first water on Earth

Hydrogen bonded with sulfur may have given our world its first water after the hydrogen broke away and joined with oxygen in the planet’s crust.

Jurassic Park’s amber-preserved dino DNA is now inspiring a way to store data

DNA is capable of encoding all sorts of data. Storing it in an amberlike material may keep that information safe for nearly forever.

Landfills belch toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into the air

An analysis of samples from three Florida landfills shows that landfill gas can carry more PFAS than the liquid that leaches from the waste.

‘Flavorama’ guides readers through the complex landscape of flavor

In her new book, Arielle Johnson, former resident scientist at the restaurant Noma, explains how to think like a scientist in the kitchen.

A new method of making diamonds doesn’t require extreme pressure

Lab-grown diamonds can form at atmospheric pressure in a liquid of gallium, iron, nickel and silicon.

How a sugar acid crucial for life could have formed in interstellar clouds

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