Inside chemistry labs, chemists work with what they call superacids. No one’s found a specific use for such a fantastically ...

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Graphene has drawn attention as a scientific curiosity owing to its record conductivities, strength and thermal properties.

Many biological processes exhibit daytime differences governed by rhythmic exposure to sunlight, termed circadian rhythms. Researchers at Penn State recently found, in mice, that a protein critical to ...

The world is in the middle of a peptide drug revolution. These short chains of amino acids—the building blocks of ...

In the quest to cure Alzheimer's, the protein known as beta-amyloid has long taken center stage, driving development of a ...

Leucine is the amino acid that signals your muscles to start repairing and growing. Here’s why it matters.

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