We know from scientific studies on Earth that, given the right chemical elements and some energy, organic compounds form.

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When heating up a chlorine compound with other Martian soils, Curiosity discovered that the compound reacted with carbon to form a simple organic.

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As plastic is a petroleum based product these small particles act as persistent organic polluters, which means that they form a sponge attracting toxins such as insecticides and pesticides.

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This printing process is already used in organic solar cells and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) that form the displays of mobile phones.

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When the early modernist message crackled across Europe like an electric charge, Aalto was quick to enter the charmed circle that included Le Corbusier, the historian Siegfried Giedion, and artists like Hans Arp, Constantin Brancusi and Fernand Leger, whose organic abstractions were soon to influence his own use of form.

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Dr Bard and his colleagues have developed a novel form of memory that consists of a thin layer of organic liquid crystal sandwiched between two sheets of glass.

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