MIT chemists have devised a new chemical reaction that allows them to synthesize a phosphorus-containing ring, using a catalyst to add phosphorus to simple organic compounds called alkenes.Their reac… [+4615 chars]
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MIT chemists have devised a new chemical reaction that allows them to synthesize a phosphorus-containing ring, using a catalyst to add phosphorus to simple organic compounds called alkenes.Their reac… [+4615 chars]
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(MENAFN- The Conversation) During the Antarctic summer, air temperatures get warm enough to melt snow and ice on the surface of the great ice sheets that make up around 99% of Antarctica. This mel… [+5155 chars]
On April 18, NASA decided to move forward with plans to complete the deployment of the Lucy spacecraft's stalled, unlatched solar array. The spacecraft is powered by two large arrays of solar cells t… [+2525 chars]
On February 18, 2021, NASAs Perseverance (Percy) Rover successfully landed in the dried-up lakebed known as Jezero Crater on Mars, beaming back images and video of its descent and landing to millions… [+5777 chars]
As humanity prepares to return to the moon ("to stay," as they remind us constantly), there's a lot of infrastructure that needs to be built to make sure astronauts are safe and productive on the lun… [+5956 chars]
If you spot a shooting star in the night sky overnight, it might be from the Lyrid meteor shower, which will reach its peak before dawn. Named after the Lyra constellation, the Lyrid meteor shower w… [+5382 chars]
Explosion animation artists concept. Researchers from Skoltech, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Howard University, the University of Chicago, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Sol… [+3717 chars]
MIT chemists have devised a new chemical reaction that allows them to synthesize a phosphorus-containing ring, using a catalyst to add phosphorus to simple organic compounds called alkenes. Their re… [+5306 chars]
Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn are set appear in a straight line across the southeastern sky just before sunrise on Sunday. The rare alignment of the four planets has not been seen in more than 100… [+3306 chars]