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A newly developed framework for understanding the photoproperties of both natural organic matter and eumelanin, a natural ...

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Much like radio operators being encouraged to use the least possible amount of power to make a contact, chemists have a ...

A team of researchers at the University of Warwick and Monash University has solved a puzzle that has stumped drug developers ...