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The paper
Edit: the article might be misrepresenting the study and its findings, so it’s worth checking the paper itself. (See @realChem 's comment in the thread).
Throwing phys.org into my “not necessarily reliable sources” list. Sorry about this, I’ll be more careful in the future.
I added “Misleading” to the title.
No worries! It’s generated a lot of interesting discussion at least. It was never on my radar as being especially untrustworthy, either.