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Why some Georgia O’Keeffe paintings have ‘art acne’
Tiny protrusions are from chemical reactions in the paint, say scientists who developed an imaging method that could help curators track the knobs.
By Jeremy Rehm | 9:00am, February 16, 2019
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News | Chemistry
Zapping substances with electrons can quickly map chemical structures
By Carmen Drahl | 6:00am, October 29, 2018
Radula perrottetii
News | Chemistry
Liverwort plants contain a painkiller similar to the one in marijuana
By Jennifer Leman | 5:34pm, October 24, 2018
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News | Chemistry
Speeding up evolution to create useful proteins wins the chemistry Nobel
By Laurel Hamers | 6:46pm, October 03, 2018
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Science Ticker | Chemistry
Speeding up the evolution of proteins wins the chemistry Nobel
By Tina Hesman Saey | 7:37am, October 03, 2018
Emily Balskus
Feature | Chemistry
Emily Balskus uses chemical logic to study the microbiome
By Rachel Ehrenberg | 8:34am, September 26, 2018
Joaquín Rodríguez-López
Feature | Chemistry
Joaquín Rodríguez-López designs batteries for a sustainable energy future
By Laurel Hamers | 8:29am, September 26, 2018
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News | Chemistry
A new antibiotic uses sneaky tactics to kill drug-resistant superbugs
By Laurel Hamers | 1:00pm, September 12, 2018
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News in Brief | Chemistry
How the poppy got its pain-relieving powers
By Laurel Hamers | 2:00pm, August 30, 2018
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Science Visualized | Chemistry
See the ‘periodic table’ of molecular knots
By Emily Conover | 7:00am, August 27, 2018
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