Can eating fat be good for us? Some fatty acid molecules actually play a crucial role in maintaining our health and cellular functions. By the early twentieth century, scientists and doctors widely ...

Exactly how life got started on Earth is still a mystery, but maybe we're looking for answers in the wrong place. Evidence is mounting that the building blocks of life were assembled in space and then ...

Hyaluronic acid is prominent in ophthalmic, medical, pharmacological, and cosmetic applications. Previous hyaluronic acid experiments have involved several size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) studies.

Scientists have found a way to strip valuable metals out of dead batteries using a solvent built from urine and common acetic acid, turning a waste stream into a surprisingly powerful recycling tool.

Author Boese (Hippo Eats Dwarf, The Museum of Hoaxes) returns with another look at scientific oddities, this time focusing on unlikely but actual experiments. Included are notorious examples such as ...

An amino acid whose role in the body has been all but a mystery appears to act as a potent seizure inhibitor in mice, according to a study. In a series of experiments, the amino acid D-leucine, found ...

Extraterrestrial life, if it exists, could use different amino acid building blocks than living things here on Earth. To better understand what alien life might look like, researchers are studying ...

Learn how to test items at home to see if they are a base or an acid. Chemistry is everywhere. It is easy to learn how to use chemistry to test properties of things all around us. In this video, we ...

Chamaegigas intrepidus is a poikilohydric aquatic plant that lives in rock pools on granitic outcrops in Central Namibia. The pools are filled intermittently during ...

Hyaluronic acid is a naturally derived, unbranched polysaccharide that comprises consecutively recurring D-glucuronic acid and N-acetylglucosamine units. Image Credit: Corona Borealis ...