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When lightning strikes, Bruce C. Gibb reminds us that not only do sparks fly, but there’s also some chemistry going on too.

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Gibb, B.C. Lightning-fast chemistry. Nat. Chem. 11, 677–679 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-019-0296-8

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