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Origins of Life: New Model May Explain Emergence of Self-Replication on Early Earth

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 28, 2015 — When life on Earth began nearly 4 billion years ago, long before humans, dinosaurs or even the earliest single-celled forms of […]

The Invisible Key to Methane Hydrates

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2015 — Like the carbon dioxide in a fizzing glass of soda, most bubbles of gas in a liquid don’t last long. But […]

Where the Rubber Meets the Road

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 15, 2015 — Friction, the force that slows down objects as they slide across a surface, can save lives when car brakes are slammed. […]

How the Physics of Champagne and Soda Bubbles May Help Address the World’s Future Energy Needs

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 18, 2014 — Uncork a bottle of champagne, and as the pressure of the liquid is abruptly removed, bubbles immediately form and then rapidly […]

Space: The Final Frontier in Silicon Chemistry

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 11, 2014 – Silicon, which is one of the most common elements in the Earth’s crust, is also sprinkled abundantly throughout interstellar space. The […]

Disorder + Disorder = More Disorder?

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 4, 2014–If you took the junk from the back of your closet and combined it with the dirty laundry already on your floor, you […]

Triplet Threat from the Sun

WASHINGTON D.C. Oct. 21, 2014 — The most obvious effects of too much sun exposure are cosmetic, like wrinkled and rough skin. Some damage, however, goes deeper—ultraviolet […]

Unexpected New Mechanism Reveals How Molecules Become Trapped in Ice

WASHINGTON D.C., Sept. 30, 2014 – Ice is ubiquitous in nature—found within terrestrial and astrophysical environments alike—and contains many atoms and molecules trapped inside it. For example, ice […]

The Future Face of Molecular Electronics

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 16, 2014 –The emerging field of molecular electronics could take our definition of portable to the next level, enabling the construction of tiny circuits […]