Bizarre compounds of oxygen and carbon with explosive potential revealed
Skoltech researchers have theoretically investigated the wide range of molecules that oxygen and carbon atoms can form in ...
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Study Reveals Bizarre Compounds Of Oxygen And Carbon With Explosive Potential
Graphical abstract of the Skoltech study showing some of the possible carbon oxides in the range probed by the researchers: ...
How your smelly farts can tell you what’s going on in your gut
The three most important volatile fatty acids are acetate, propionate and butyrate. While these are all associated with good ...
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Scientists redid an experiment that showed how life on Earth could have started. They found a new possibility
New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...
The Smell of Your Farts Is a Clue to What's Going On in Your Gut
We’ve all been there: you try your best to keep it in, but you just can’t hold it anymore. You have to let it slip – how bad ...
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Nickel catalyst converts carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide with near-perfect selectivity
Researchers develop a nickel catalyst that converts carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide with 99% selectivity by precisely ...
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Interpreting dot and cross diagrams
The dot and cross diagram shows that a water molecule is made up of one oxygen atom joined to two hydrogen atoms, so the formula of water is H 2 O. A nitrogen molecule is made up of two nitrogen ...
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Ground-level ozone pollution poses growing threat to planetary health
Kilometers above the Earth’s surface, the ozone layer protects humanity and all life from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. But in the troposphere, at ground level, this gas can wreak havoc on ...
The world keeps running out of helium. There is now a race to prepare for the next shortage
Our lives are surprisingly dependent upon this extremely light and unreactive gas, yet supplies of it are remarkably fragile.
How nitrate overcomes plant hormone inhibition to boost seed germination
Abscisic acid (ABA), a key environmental response hormone, strongly inhibits seed germination and serves as a central ...
People age dramatically twice, say scientists: Are you in that stage now?
Stanford scientists discovered that significant biological changes occur. Stanford’s research highlights that aging is not ...