The Looksmaxxing Glossary: Every term you need to understand the internet's most unhinged subculture

Case in point: looksmaxxing. This term, which has recently been explained to viewers of NBC News, refers to the practice of maximizing your physical attractiveness — methodically, relentlessly, and by ...
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Inside SKALA: How Chornobyl’s Reactor Was Actually Controlled

Running a nuclear power plant isn’t an easy task, even with the level of automation available to a 1980s Soviet RBMK reactor.

New peptide catalyst enables stereoselective head-to-tail macrocycle synthesis

A team at ETH Zurich developed a new peptide-based organocatalyst that handles macrocycle formation from start to finish. Macrocyclic compounds are ubiquitous both in nature and in the chemical ...

Hard-to-make diastereomers: How a cage-like allyl reagent changes the outcome

Diastereomers are structurally identical molecules that are not mirror images of each other. Diastereomers can have different biological activities, potencies or toxicities, which means they can ...

CBSE Class 12th Chemistry exam on Feb 28; tips to approach the question paper

Class 12 Chemistry is a high-scoring subject if prepared strategically. With proper revision, conceptual clarity, and NCERT ...