Word: cooperatively
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Through creating such new molecules, Cooper is creating what may eventually be an integral part of a chemical reaction that would produce a petroleum substitute...
...simplified version of one of his experiments might run as follows: after considering the type of molecule he might potentially form, Cooper "mixes" the base molecules under certain specified temperatures...
...like a witches brew," Glen Miller, a graduate student in Cooper's laboratory, says. "We make a model of what we think are the active parts and we design the catalyst...
While there is a potentially unlimited number of new molecules that might be created, Cooper says there is little randomness in selecting what he will create. Essentially, he says, he tries to create substances that previous scientific theory said was impossible to create...
...every molecule is interesting," Cooper adds. He says he selects perspective new molecules by "first packing and thinking a lot. It's like a large puzzle. We're continuously refining our ideas against the tools of nature...