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  "id": 17141880,
  "title": "New calculations reveal hidden pathways that let chemical reactions produce different products",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/new-calculations-reveal-hidden-pathways-that-let-chemical-reactions",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T23:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-reveal-hidden-pathways-chemical-reactions.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Chemical reactions are often understood as molecules crossing a high-energy saddle point, known as a transition state, before following a downhill pathway toward a product. Conventional quantum chemical calculations typically trace this single pathway to determine how a reaction proceeds.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}