Space exploration usually means leaving Earth's orbit. But chemists are now burrowing inside solids to open new vistas. Katharine Sanderson reports from the internal frontier.
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Space exploration usually means leaving Earth's orbit. But chemists are now burrowing inside solids to open new vistas. Katharine Sanderson reports from the internal frontier.
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Sanderson, K. Space invaders. Nature 448, 746–748 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/448746a
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