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seabass-labrax ◴[] No.43109936[source]
I fully support research like this, because it's always good to get proper data about phenomena. However, I can't help feeling that the results are unsurprising: how could you smell the scented candles if they weren't producing nanoparticles? Surely the existence or abundance of these nanoparticles was never in question?
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leephillips ◴[] No.43110264[source]
> how could you smell the scented candles if they weren't producing nanoparticles?

By smelling a gas?

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smallerize ◴[] No.43110788[source]
Gases are also made of particles. Molecules that you can smell are easily a nanometer across.
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1. leephillips ◴[] No.43111248[source]
The nanoparticles that are the subject of the article are not single molecules.