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A team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has devised a new method for making complex molecules.

University of Utah chemists developed a method to design and test new catalysts, which are substances that speed chemical reactions and are crucial for producing energy, chemicals and industrial products.

Chemical reactions happen all of the time: some things burn or rust, others react to light exposure--even batteries use chemical reactions to supply electricity.

Good chemists are passive-aggressive — they manipulate molecules without actually touching them.