chemical

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The oxygen available during planet formation depends on the chemical makeup of the host star.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Fire Administration, potentially leading to a process known as thermal runaway, in which the battery ignites through a self-sustaining chemical reaction that is impossible to stop until it runs out on its own.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Companies have been trying to identify and develop new chemical weedkillers after leaning for decades on established chemicals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

They describe this as a chemical Goldilocks zone.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

The “action” of a gene is described in mechanistic terms: genes encode chemical messages to build proteins that ultimately enable form and function.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee