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Rhubarb and Other Poisons: This Delicious Food Contains a Highly Toxic Chemical

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

Radioactive Element Polonium. One of the great and ultimately tragic Tales of Chemistry.

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Anthony Toole

Oxygen and Dietary Antioxidants: Oxidative Stress May Contribute to Aging and Disease

In: Biochemistry

By: Tamara Golden

The Periodic Table by E.R.Scerri: A Review of this New Book on a Foundational Topic of Chemistry

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Atmospheric Chemistry: Natural and Man-made Chemicals in the Air

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

The Production and Uses of Zinc: The Metal used for Galvanising, Paints, Brass and other Alloys

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Environmental Chemistry: The Chemistry of Earth, Water and Air in Balance

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Atomic Orbitals: The Quantum Mechanics of Electrons in Atoms

In: Physical Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

LSD – Psychedelic Hallucinogen: Recreational Drug "Acid" was Produced Accidentally

In: Biochemistry

By: Simon Davies

Gasification: Cleaner Electricity: A New Technology that Generates Electricity Cleanly from Fossil Fuel

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

DNA: The Information Molecule: The Double Helix Molecule, Watson and Crick and the Human Genome

In: Biochemistry

By: Simon Davies

Mass Spectrometry: Identifying Molecules by Smashing them up.

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Cerium – Rare Earth Element: A Reactive Metal that can Help Reduce Particulate Pollution

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

The Chemistry of Benzene: A Hexagonal Molecule on which is Founded Aromatic Chemistry

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Chlorine For Water Treatment: Why is Such a Dangerous Chemical Added to Water?

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Carbon Monoxide: Useful but Deadly: The Silent Killer Used to Make Detergents and Acetic Acid

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

The Chemistry of Glass: The Composition and Properties of Different Types of Silica Glass

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

The Haber Process: Fixing Nitrogen from Air to Make Ammonia for Fertilizers

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Surfactants: Cleaning Chemicals: How do Soap and Washing-Up Liquid Work?

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Automated Peptide Synthesis: Bruce Merrifield Invented a New Method for Bulk Protein Synthesis

In: Biochemistry

By: Simon Davies

Kevlar: Bullet-Proof Polymer: Plastic that is Five Times Stronger than Steel

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Is Salt Bad for You? Does Sodium Chloride Causes High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease?

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Pauling and Sickle Cell Anemia: The First Condition Described as a Molecular Disease

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

What Is Cellular Metabolism? Anabolic Pathways of Aerobic Respiration Turn Food into ATP Energy

In: Biochemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

What Is an Enzyme Catalyst? Catalytic Proteins and Catalysis in Living Sytems

In: Biochemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

What Is the Nucleotide ATP? The Energy Currency of Organic Molecule Adenosine Triphosphate

In: Biochemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

What Is a Carbohydrate? Mono- Di- and Polysaccharides: Sugar's Sweet Organic Molecules

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

What Is a Lipid Molecule? Organic Chemistry of Fats, Phospholipids, Waxes & Steroids

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

Amino Acids and Proteins: Structure and Function of Peptide Monomers & Polypeptide Polymers

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

What Are Organic Molecules? Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids and Nucleic Acids

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

The Chemistry of Sulfuric Acid: The Industrial Chemical Produced in the Largest Volume in the World

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Rates of Chemical Reactions: The Study of Kinetics, Catalysts, Conditions and Collision Theory

In: Physical Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

An Introduction to Noble Gases: Elements in this group have a special electron configuration.

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Lisa A. Bessasparis

Methods of Electroplating: Plating Metal Objects Using Electrochemistry

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Types of Polymers: Different Categories of Long Chain Molecules

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

The History of Polymers: Long-Chain Molecules which Have Become Indispensable in Modern Life

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Metals and Non-Metals: Classification of Elements According to Properties

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

What is Physical Chemistry? Energy Changes, Atomic Structure and Reaction Rates

In: Physical Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Enzyme Inhibition: Ribonuclease A and Tosylphenylalanine Chloromethyl Ketone(TPCK)

In: Biochemistry

By: Melanie Lamprecht

Cholesterol Chemistry: Is Cholesterol Bad for our Health? Why do we need Cholesterol?

In: Biochemistry

By: Simon Davies

The Chemistry of Fat: Saturated and Unsaturated Triglyceride Lipids

In: Biochemistry

By: Simon Davies

Wine Chemistry: The Importance of Chemical Understanding in Wine Manufacture

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

How do Batteries Work? The Portable Electricity Source is Indispensable in Modern Life

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Electrochemistry: Chemical Reactions Caused by Electric Current

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Proteins: Polymers of Amino Acids Vital to Biochemistry in the Human Body

In: Biochemistry

By: Simon Davies

Chemical Websites: A Roundup of Chemistry Resources on the Internet.

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Oxidation and Reduction: Redox Reactions Useful to Understand Batteries and Metal Extraction

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

The Chemistry of Concrete: Aggregate, cement and water combine in important chemical reactions

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Water – The Chemical for Life: A compound of Oxygen and Hydrogen with unique properties.

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

What is Biochemistry? The study of the Chemistry of Living Things

In: Biochemistry

By: Simon Davies

Zeolites – Chemicals for Cleaning: Molecular sieves for cleaning harmful chemicals and saving energy

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

What is Organic Chemistry? The Chemistry of Organic Carbon Compounds

In: Organic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

What is Inorganic Chemistry? Introduction to the properties and reactions of inorganic compounds

In: Inorganic Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

The Periodic Table of the Elements: Elements are arranged systematically according to the Periodic Law

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Atomic Structure: Atoms are made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Molecular Bonds: Ionic and covalent bonds in molecules

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

How does Aspirin Work? Explaining the chemistry and biochemistry of Acetylsalicylic Acid

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Effects of Caffeine: Caffeine in Coffee, Tea and Chocolate is addictive and harmful

In: Everyday Chemistry

By: Simon Davies

Chemistry Defined: Description of the scientific discipline of Chemistry for beginners

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Colour-changes with Temperature: Chemicals that change colour with temperature are thermochromic

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

Properties of Oxygen and Ozone: Air to Breathe, Ozone Layer and Greenhouse Effect

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

New Carbon Molecules: Buckminsterfullerene and Nanotubes Join Diamond and Graphite

In: Chemistry (general)

By: Simon Davies

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