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Is hydrogen a metal?

By Hannah Loss published

Hydrogen is not a metal on Earth, but scientists keep trying to create metallic hydrogen under high pressure to unlock a new superconductor.

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States of matter: Definition and phases of change

By Mary Bagley last updated

Reference The four fundamental states of matter are solid, liquid, gas and plasma, but there others, such as Bose-Einstein condensates and time crystals, that are man-made.

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An artist's illustration of Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov.

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to trio who discovered bizarre quantum dots

By Ben Turner published

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov will share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of strange nanoparticles that change color according to their size.

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For 1st time, scientists write words in liquid water

By Victoria Atkinson published

Scientists used a process called 'diffusioosmosis' to write words that lingered in liquid water.

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An old kettle boils on a small bonfire at the beach with a picnic basket in the background.

What's the highest temperature water can freeze, and the lowest it can boil on Earth?

By Cameron Duke published

Ice can form on Earth at temperatures above 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius), and water can boil below 212 F (100 C). Here's how.

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The rose window in the narthex, Strasbourg Cathedral, Strasbourg, Alsace, France.

Is glass a liquid or a solid?

By Victoria Atkinson published

Glass has unique properties, but is it a solid or a liquid, or does it fall into its own scientific category?

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A microscopic scale image of photonic crystals on the surface of ancient Roman glass

Roman glass keeps turning into photonic crystals. Scientists finally know why

By Ben Turner published

Analysis of the microscopic structure of an ancient shard of Roman glass has revealed how photonic crystals form, and might enable them to be grown.

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A man holding the coffee filter full of spent coffee grounds. Coffee grounds can be recycled. The spent coffee grounds can be used to produce useful things.

Used coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger

By Victoria Atkinson published

Used coffee grounds that are heat treated increase the compression strength of concrete.

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Scientists manipulate quantum mechanics to slow down a chemical reaction by 100 billion times

By Stephanie Pappas published

Using a quantum device, researchers have observed, for the first time, a molecular process called conical intersection that is important in reactions such as photosynthesis.

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How do electric batteries work, and what affects their properties?

By Victoria Atkinson published

Electric vehicles use lithium ion batteries with small amounts of nickel, manganese and cobalt. How do they work and what chemistry affects their properties?

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