Chemistry

Centuries ago, women practiced distillation and other alchemical arts; largely forgotten, they were pre-science pioneers and foremothers of today's chemists

Apr 10, 2012 – Amy Sillup

Copolymers Kevlar and nylon both use amide bonds to link monomers together; each plays very distinct roles in the first and second "polymer centuries"

Apr 4, 2012 – Amy Sillup

Those "handed" molecules called enantiomers occupy an interesting place in both hard-science medicine and the mysterious, almost-alchemical world of scent.

Mar 23, 2012 – Amy Sillup

NF-kB is a protein complex of 2 proteins (dimer) controlled by inhibitory factor IF. NF-kB when released from IF enters the nucleus to activate many genes.

Dec 10, 2011 – Donald Reinhardt

Pheromones are secreted chemicals of animals that affect the behavior or development of other animals of the same species.

Nov 28, 2011 – Donald Reinhardt