What chemists want to know

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Chemistry is a distinct core scientific discipline by itself, although some chemists believe that important questions pertaining to chemistry are being framed as the 'chemical' aspect of other core sciences like biology and physics. The understanding and prediction of the relationship between molecular structure and function is the basic challenge of chemistry, and chemists address questions like design of molecules with specific functions and dynamics, the chemical basis of the cell and the beginning of life on Earth and its possibility in other worlds through their discipline.

Chemistry, Analysis, Molecular structure

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Physicists make ripples with their ' magic carpet'

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The analysis of aerodynamics of a flexible, rippling sheet moving through a fluid by Lakshminarayanan Mahadeven of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and his colleagues has presented a set of instructions for flying carpet that will stay aloft in air.

Science & research, Executive changes & profiles, Carpets & Rugs, Carpet and Rug Mills, Physicists, Research, Officials and employees, Aerodynamics, Rugs, Rugs and carpets, Harvard University, Myths and legends, Mechanical properties, Carpets, Mahadeven, Lakshminarayanan

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Water,water, everywhere?

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A recent meeting of physicists, chemists, biochemists and microbiologists discussed over the feasibility of water-free life. Existence of certain enzymes working efficiently in the gas phase without any hydration layer at all may provide the clue.

Life Sciences, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Human evolution

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