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Zeolite-catalysed olefin carbonylation based on tuning spatial confinement

The use of zeolites with an appropriate pore structure combined with a high CO/olefin ratio is shown to catalyse olefin carbonylation and produce primary and secondary carboxylic acids as the main products.

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Teen depression and anxiety predicted by childhood brain development

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Huge mapping study reveals how your brain tracks what your body is feeling

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A first for CRISPR: powerful prime editing alters DNA directly in the human body

Teen depression and anxiety predicted by childhood brain development

Can maths survive AI? Fields medallist Terence Tao calls for a ‘Maths 2.0’ world

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Huge mapping study reveals how your brain tracks what your body is feeling

This is what the mysterious Denisovans looked like

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An AI tool improves weather forecasts up to a month ahead

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Plastics embedded with enzymes degrade readily in the sea

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Cave stalagmites document global patterns in monsoon rainfall over the past 450,000 years

Large-scale single crystals printed layer by layer

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