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Products in these child-targeted categories were significantly more likely to include synthetic dyes.

They're also a bit bling - researchers have found that using synthetic diamonds to create qubits, which are the building blocks of quantum computers, enables them to work much closer to room temperature.

The resulting carbon monoxide can then be combined with hydrogen to make syngas, a fundamental building block used to produce synthetic fuels such as e-fuels* and methanol.

Nitazenes are an emerging class of synthetic opioids responsible for an increasing number of overdose deaths globally, with at least 13 different types identified.

Far beneath the ocean's surface, researchers have found bacteria that can digest plastic, using specialized enzymes that evolved alongside humanity's synthetic debris.