Chemistry
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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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ChemistryThe End of Good Science?
Some chemists are sharing their research results more quickly and broadly as they begin to venture into electronic archives, where they can immediately post new, unreviewed papers, as physicists have done for a decade; others think such archives could mean the end of reliable chemistry research.
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ChemistryNew technique makes water droplets sprint
A newly developed process encourages water droplets at the hydrophobic center of a wafer to speed outward to a water-friendly edge.
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ChemistryFor a better smile, have some wasabi
Chemicals in the Japanese condiment wasabi could help prevent tooth decay.
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ChemistryWhere the tire meets the conveyor belt
A new, noninvasive technique could detect an impending failure in a rubber tire or conveyor belt.
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ChemistryCut-ups create soft spots for chemistry
Networks of fabricated, squishy vesicles as tiny as red blood cells and connected by thin tubules may one day serve as microscopic chemical laboratories, sensors, and even chemical computers.
By Peter Weiss -