Same radical, different paths: X-ray snapshots reveal how neighboring molecules shape its movement

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- Chemical reactions have their own "impatient molecules." Unable to stay still even for a moment, they latch onto other molecules indiscriminately. Researchers have now found that even these molecules change where they "sit" and how far they roam depending on who their neighbors are. The findings…