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Life Through The Looking Glass - Exploring Chirality in Nature
Why do amino acids in living organisms favor left-handed chirality? A recent study offers a compelling explanation.
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Who Turned My Plastic Yellow?
A new study has shown that sunlight radiation alters the chemical properties of polyethylene, a component of many plastics
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The Left Side of Life - Why Does Left-Handedness Exist?
The difference between right and left didn’t start with politics: it is present in nature and affects a long list of phenomena
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Winning the Nobel Prize Twice
Only three people had received two Nobel Prizes in science until Barry Sharpless this year, with groundbreaking research in chemistry
