A new chemical setup creates clean-burning gas by mimicking plant photosynthesis. (p. 12)

Bizarre quantum state may not exist after all, new experiments suggest.

Superhot ejections from the sun surprise physicists by gaining energy of motion in collision. (p. 12)

With the latest observation of a superheavy atom, a chemical catfight looms over who will get to name it.

When a group of women in Lisbon, Portugal, entered a cooking contest in 2006, they decided to put their own spin on a Portuguese fish soup. The team created green fettuccine from gelatin flavored with coriander and garlic, meant to mimic an algae bed. Egg yolk–sized spheres, made of algae extract and filled with fish soup, nestled on top. The contestants had been asked to apply ideas from molecular gastronomy, a field exploring the science of cooking. In 2007, the Lisbon team founded a molecular gastronomy company called Cooking.Lab. The group educates chefs and the public about the field,... (p. 32)