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Watch atoms fuse into world's 'smallest bubble' of water in 1st-of-its-kind 'nanoscale' video

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Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois have captured nanoscale video footage of a rare metal catalyst creating water out of "thin air" The video was part of a new study, published Sept. 27 in the journal PNAS , in which researchers tested how palladium catalyzes a reaction between hydrogen and oxygen gases to create water in standard lab conditions.

The process also produced the smallest bubble of water ever seen, researchers say.