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Physics

The fragile state of scientific glassblowing

They make the unique vessels that allow chemists to perform new reactions – but professional glassblowers are an increasingly endangered species

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Technology

Old toys will self-destruct thanks to vanishing plastic

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Plants ‘see’ underground by channelling light to their roots

Life

Plants ‘see’ underground by channelling light to their roots

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People in lab coats sniff chemicals on test strips

Life

Fruity or fermented? Algorithm predicts how molecules smell

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Life

Life's subatomic secret: How we're cracking the Hoyle state

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Fabric care: the secret revolution

The Secret Science in Your Home

Chemistry Nobel Prize goes to invention of molecular machines

Physics

Chemistry Nobel Prize goes to invention of molecular machines

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Mars-like ice rediscovered in Hawaii volcano, but might not last

Earth

Mars-like ice rediscovered in Hawaii volcano, but might not last

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There is now a sixth taste – and it explains why we love carbs

Health

There is now a sixth taste – and it explains why we love carbs

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Supersized molecules stretch a thousand times further than usual

Technology

Supersized molecules stretch a thousand times further than usual

Colossal molecules have been created that are a full micrometre wide, and could find uses in quantum computing

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Life

Life may have emerged not once, but many times on Earth

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Health

Speedy cannabis spit test could spot people driving while high

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Earth

Genesis in a jar: How chemical gardens may lead us to alien life

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Technology

Green Olympic pool: perfect storm of sun, heat and still water?

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