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  "id": 3837217,
  "title": "Discovery reveals rapid pathways to complex aromatic molecules in space",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/discovery-reveals-rapid-pathways-to-complex-aromatic-molecules-in",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-27T22:30:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-discovery-reveals-rapid-pathways-complex.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A team of researchers led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Chemistry has uncovered a faster way large carbon-based molecules may form in space, helping solve a long-standing mystery about how some of the building blocks of the universe grow.",
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        "outlet": "bioRxiv",
        "title": "Expanding the Ligandable Chemical Space of OTUB1 through Discovery of a Four-Membered-Ring Recruiter Chemotype",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/expanding-the-ligandable-chemical-space-of-otub1-through-discovery-of",
        "published": "2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z"
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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."
}