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Chemistry at the heart of the Milky Way has never looked so gorgeous
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (381+ words) Chemistry at the heart of the Milky Way has never looked so gorgeous Astronomers captured this stunning image of the Milky Way's center, revealing a web of gas, dust and stars in extraordinary detail By Claire Cameron edited by Jeanna…...
Unveiling a pioneer of early nanotechnology
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1597+ words) The Lost Women of Science team uncovers Katharine Burr Blodgett's overlooked brilliance By Kendra Pierre-Louis, Katie Hafner, Fonda Mwangi & Alex Sugiura Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American's Science Quickly, I'm Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. When it comes to our…...
The chemical genius of Katharine Burr Blodgett
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1828+ words) The chemical genius of Katharine Burr Blodgett The story of a woman whose discoveries in materials science quietly shape our everyday world but whose legacy was long eclipsed by the famous scientist she worked with at the General Electric Company…...
Rocky Planets May Make Life’s Precursor, RNA, All across the Universe
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (502+ words) RNA Might Have Formed Naturally on Early Earth, Seeding Life New experiments show how RNA might form not just on Earth but on other rocky planets, too By Jonathan O'Callaghan edited by Lee Billings An artist's impression of a single…...
Scientists Just Tore Up a Major Particle Physics Theory
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (372+ words) Scientists Just Tore Up a Major Particle Physics Theory New results from the MicroBooNE experiment at Fermilab found no evidence of a hypothetical fourth flavor of neutrino By Claire Cameron edited by Clara Moskowitz The finding, which was published in…...
AI Uncovers Oldest-Ever Molecular Evidence of Photosynthesis
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (449+ words) A machine-learning breakthrough could lift the veil on Earth's early history'and supercharge the search for alien life By Lee Billings edited by Claire Cameron Modern-day microbe-made mounds called stromatolites (seen here in Australia's Shark Bay) have counterparts in the fossil…...
Primordial Particle Soup Is Hottest Matter Ever Created on Earth at 3.3 Trillion Degrees
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (432+ words) Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives. Scientists Measure the Temperature of the Universe Just after the Big Bang…...
What’s Behind This Luxury ‘Cat Poo’ Coffee’s Unique Flavor
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (470+ words) What's Behind This Luxury "Cat Poo' Coffee's Unique Flavor Civets enrich coffee beans they eat and excrete with two fatty acids often used in dairy products, study finds By Nicola Jones & Nature magazine When civet cats eat coffee beans, they…...
These Enigmatic ‘Fossils’ Could Rewrite the History of Life on Earth
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (661+ words) Mysterious Rocks Could Rewrite Evolution of Complex Life Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought'and possibly more than once By Asher Elbein edited by Kate Wong Rocks from the…...
2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy, and Clean Up the Environment
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (317+ words) 2025 Chemistry Nobel Goes to Molecular Sponges That Purify Water, Store Energy, and Clean Up the Environment Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing "metal-organic frameworks," versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store…...