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Diamonds almost as old as the Earth itself have been found locked in ancient crystals of zircon from the Jack Hills region of Western Australia, according to scientists writing in Nature this week. The diamonds could provide unique insights into the early evolution of our planet’s crust.
Steve Ley and his team (some 40 PhD students over the last two decades) have finally cracked the total synthesis of the natural insecticide azadirachtin.
A molecular Moebius strip that can flip between single-sided and double-sided modes has been synthesised by chemists in Poland without snapping the ring.
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