Researchers turned hard-to-recycle plastic into hydrogen using battery acid. This circular upcycling system tackles multiple ...

A new study suggests a surprisingly simple compound could help fight Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers found that arginine—an inexpensive amino acid already considered safe—can reduce the buildup of ...

Scientists at UC Irvine have found a way to potentially reverse age-related vision loss by targeting the ELOVL2 “aging gene” and restoring vital fatty acids in the retina. Their experiments in mice ...

In fact, one fatty acid, pentadecanoic acid (C15:0), may even be an essential nutrient that can help our bodies resist the ...

Manganese dioxide can convert amino acids into hydrogen cyanide (HCN) without requiring methane, a finding that solves a long ...

Acids are part of lots of chemical reactions. All chemicals have different properties, one of them is whether it is acidic or basic. Acids are part of lots of important chemical reactions, everything ...

Hydroperoxides are strong oxidants that have a significant influence on chemical processes in the atmosphere. Now, an international research team involving the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric ...

The environmental crises of the past often seem to disappear—have problems like acid rain and smog been solved?

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As norovirus surged across the U.S. last winter, the only thing more horrifying than descriptions of the highly contagious illness—violent projectile vomiting!—was learning that nothing seemed to kill ...