Terpenes are volatile organic compounds that are responsible for, among other things, the typical scents of plants, resins or ...

As we shift toward more sustainable fuels, natural gas and biogas, which mainly contain methane (CH4), have become important sources of energy and raw materials for chemical production. However, these ...

Remember seeing your triglyceride levels in your lab report? Ah! Fats you may dismiss, thinking of the next gym work you need to head to. Fatty acids are broken down via a process called β-oxidation.

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...

OLED displays demand materials that can emit light with extreme efficiency, while deep-tissue medical imaging relies on compounds that absorb light in ways that minimise damage to living cells. These ...

As a recent leap in green chemistry, scientists have unveiled a new catalyst that enables high yields of sulfones using molecular oxygen -- at close to room temperature. By fine-tuning the structure ...

1 School of Medicine, ShaoXing University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China 2 Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China Once considered passive carriers of ...

Chemists have synthesized the first stable molecule whose chirality is solely attributed to a stereogenic oxygen, according to a new study (Nature 2023, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05719-z). Though carbon ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...