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Only 1% of chemical compounds have been discovered – here's how we search for others that could change the world

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par Matthew Addicoat, Senior Lecturer in Functional Materials, Nottingham Trent University

The universe is flooded with billions of chemicals, each a tiny pinprick of potential. And we’ve only identified 1% of them. Scientists believe undiscovered chemical compounds could help remove greenhouse gases, or trigger a medical breakthrough much like penicillin did.

But let’s just get this out there first: it’s not that chemists aren’t curious. Since Russian chemist Dmitri…

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