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  • Essay / The Big Squeeze An article published by Kenneth Chang

    The article I chose was The Big Squeeze published by Kenneth Chang. In this article, Kenneth Chang discusses experiments conducted at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC. Carnegie researchers compress large numbers of organic substances between diamond anvils, which allows researchers to observe molecular changes. This research will allow scientists to analyze the permutations of matter that occur in the Earth's core, as well as in Jupiter and even others. intensely pressurized environments. Scientists hope that current experiments will provide us with new information that we can analyze to produce materials that will be more efficient at capturing sunlight in electricity-producing solar cells and that can provide us with fuel tanks for hydrogen cars. . “It’s a new type of chemistry” (Dr. Hemley, The Big Squeeze, 2013). The researchers use a circular-shaped metal cylinder that is likely only two inches wide and one inch high. If necessary, researchers can turn the screws on the upper cylinder, which pull...