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Iso-sets, A Key to Understanding Radioactivity?

The prefix, “iso-” is used in Chemistry to mean “same.”  Attached to some unit, it says, “This is the name of a set of units which are much the same in some way. Iso-bars are atoms which have very nearly the same atomic weights.  Iso-mers are collections of atoms, or [...]

Turner’s research on hyaluronic acid fragments has resulted in the discovery of a self-assembling hierarchical molecule, which is a scaffold for animal and plant tissue matrices.
The spontaneous patterns, which mimic those found in nature, are formed when aqueous solutions of this polymer are dehydrated on glass surfaces. The art is obtained by photographing the [...]

Steam engines use the heat of fossil-fuel like coal to boil water and create steam, the pressure of the expanding steam is use to turn engines like in locomotives.

The question is, is there a better liquid out there today, either natural or man-made, that when compared to water steam, using the same heat can produce [...]

 The potential health effects of acrylamide and ways to reduce its content in foods will be explored Aug. 21-23 in a special three-day symposium, “Chemistry and Toxicology of Acrylamide,” during the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society. The symposium, with more than 40 papers on the topic, will include experts from around the [...]

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