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  "id": 809989,
  "title": "Magnetic mystery in thorium clusters resolved by new study",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/magnetic-mystery-in-thorium-clusters-resolved-by-new-study",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T19:40:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-magnetic-mystery-thorium-clusters.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Scientists from the University of Manchester's Department of Chemistry, Centre for Radiochemistry Research and Photon Science Institute, led by Professor Steve Liddle, have uncovered why a rare class of metal clusters appears to behave differently in experiments and theoretical calculations, resolving a debate about the nature of chemical aromaticity and revealing a previously overlooked type of…",
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