Cracking close crackingThe breaking down of large hydrocarbon molecules into smaller, more useful hydrocarbon molecules by vaporising them and passing them over a hot catalyst. is a reaction in ...

Science student Vineeth Chandran Suja was cracking his knuckles in class in France when he decided to investigate. He developed a series of equations with his lecturer, Dr Abdul Barakat of École ...

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The dark matter of biology: clumps of sugar molecules that, for example, form sugary webs around pathogens. We know very ...