More than 40 years after the first initiatives were taken to ban the use of PCBs, the chemical pollutants remain a deadly threat to animals at the top of the …read more Source:: Science
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Scientists investigate how DEET confuses countless critters
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•DEET, a chemical in bug sprays, affects the behavior of highly diverse organisms — but how it works remains unclear. New research in C. elegans shows that the compound exploits …read more Source:: Science
Endocrine disruptors found in bottlenose dolphins
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•Evidence of exposure to phthalates, chemical compounds used in hundreds of consumer products, has been found in resident bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay, Florida. Some phthalates have been linked to …read more Source:: Science
Exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth
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•Scientists have identified a group of planets outside our solar system where the same chemical conditions that may have led to life on Earth exist. …read more Source:: Science
World-first quantum computer simulation of chemical bonds using trapped ions
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•Simulation of chemical bonds and reactions is expected to be one of the first applications for at-scale quantum computers. Physicists have now demonstrated the world-first simulation of a chemical bond …read more Source:: Science
Chemical sleuthing unravels possible path to forming life’s building blocks in space
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•Scientists have used experiments to retrace the chemical steps leading to the creation of complex hydrocarbons in space. They showed pathways to forming 2-D carbon-based nanostructures in a mix of …read more Source:: Science
First-of-its-kind chemical oscillator offers new level of molecular control
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•Researchers successfully constructed a first-of-its-kind chemical oscillator that uses DNA components. DNA molecules that follow specific instructions could offer more precise molecular control of synthetic chemical systems, a discovery that …read more Source:: Science
Spaghetti-like, DNA ‘noodle origami’ the new shape of things to come for nanotechnology
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•Scientists have invented a major new advance in DNA nanotechnology. Dubbed ‘single-stranded origami,’ their new strategy uses one long, thin noodle-like strand of DNA, or its chemical cousin RNA, that …read more Source:: Science
Electrical and chemical coupling between Saturn and its rings
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•A Langmuir probe, flown to Saturn on the Cassini spacecraft, has made exciting discoveries in the atmosphere of the planet. They discovered that there is a strong coupling, both chemically …read more Source:: Science
Possibility of plate tectonics on Jupiter’s moon Europa bolstered
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•Jupiter’s moon Europa could have subduction zones, a new study shows, which could supply chemical food for life to a subsurface ocean. …read more Source:: Science