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A sign on the Huron river in Michigan warning of high levels of PFAS

Environment

Reusable granules suck harmful PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ out of water

UK start-up Puraffinity has created a method of removing pollution from water using a material that selectively binds to PFAS chemicals

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The material glows green under force

Chemistry

3D-printed material glows green under pressure or friction

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Modern urban wastewater treatment plant

Environment

Toxic PFAS can be broken down by bacteria found in wastewater

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Chemistry

Decades-old mystery about photosynthesis finally solved

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The fermentation of beer

Technology

Tiny yeast-filled robots help brew beer quickly and more efficiently

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Physics

Graphene shows record-breaking magnetic properties at room temperature

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Common sargasso weed

Chemistry

Plastic wrap made from seaweed withstands heat and is compostable

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rippled graphene with dissociated hydrogen atoms on top

Chemistry

Graphene with ripples could help make better hydrogen fuel cells

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Grains from Ryugu

Space

Samples from asteroid Ryugu contain one of the building blocks of RNA

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Earth

Oxygen on early Earth may have come from quartz crushed by earthquakes

Billions of years ago, crushed quartz reacting with water could have created the conditions needed for the evolution of the photosynthetic microbes responsible for most of the oxygen now in Earth’s atmosphere

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Chemistry

Glass made of amino acids can be 3D-printed and dissolves in the body

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Chemistry

Soil bacteria enzyme generates electricity from hydrogen in the air

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Chemistry

The surprisingly useful liquids that mop up gases like a sponge

Features

Chemistry

Strange quantum event happens once every 10 billion chances

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