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  "id": 13101808,
  "title": "Scientists find hidden materials that could improve batteries and solar fuels",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/scientists-find-hidden-materials-that-could-improve-batteries-and",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-09T10:20:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261007042118.htm"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Scientists have uncovered a hidden world of “in-between” materials that briefly form as chemical ingredients are heated, revealing structures that conventional methods can miss. Among the discoveries is a previously unknown form of bismuth vanadate, a material widely studied for using sunlight to help produce clean hydrogen. The new version has a different atomic structure and interacts with…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}