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Stories about: isomers

Scientists Dig Deeper into Life's Origins Understanding how basic molecules called enantiomers form in their purest state could provide us with critically important new data about the origins of life on our planet, Spanish researchers say.A team there recently managed to conduct a new series of investigations on these molecules, which are basically one of tw... 27 November 2010 04:50 GMT World's Heaviest Element May Have Been Found The heaviest chemical element known to occur naturally in Earth's crust is uranium 92 while the heaviest chemical element known to exist, a synthetic element, bears the atomic number 118. All elements heavier than uranium are highly unstable and quickly disintegrate into other stable chemical elements - this is ... 5 May 2008 06:14 GMT