Physicists Get A Grip On Slippery Molecules
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| Physicists Get A Grip On Slippery Molecules Molecules of hydrogen are difficult to steer with electric fields because of the symmetrical way that charges are distributed within them. But now researchers in Switzerland have found a clever technique to get a grip on the molecules. |
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