Structurally complex polyketide natural products, isolated from a variety of marine and terrestrial sources, continue to provide a valuable source of rewarding targets for the synthetic chemist to ...

Plastic pervades modern life, and menstruation is no exception. Since the middle of the 20 th century, many tampons and menstrual pads have contained somewhere between a little and a lot of plastic in ...

Abbott is already a big player in the wearable glucose-monitoring sector, and has started working on a new device that will measure both glucose and ketones, potentially serving as a warning system ...

Researchers studied the "thriving" species in a polluted mangrove forest in Colombia. Fragments of metal and plastic remain on beaches after shipping containers washed ashore. The black pellets known ...

DNA methylation involves adding a methyl group to DNA, which may influence gene expression and affect health aspects like childhood development and aging. Lifestyle factors, especially diet, may ...

"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...

Denatured alcohol is an ingredient often found in cleaning or cosmetic products. Keeping denatured alcohol away from open flames prevents fires, as it's highly flammable. Storing denatured alcohol in ...