Cassini launched Oct. 15, 1997 on a long-term mission to Saturn and its moons. After a trio of gravity assists, two from Venus and one from Earth, Cassini went racing toward the outer solar system. It ...
Amides and thioesters are ubiquitous compounds in chemistry, used for the production of medicines, natural products, and advanced materials. Traditionally, their synthesis is a messy business, ...
"Complex chemical reactions" discovered in fresh ice grains from Saturn’s moon Enceladus renews hopes that it may harbor life ...
Center for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, Poznań 61-614, Poland Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, Poznań ...
Materials Science Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States Department of ...
Polyesters occur naturally as biological polymers, but can also be made artificially. Man-made polymers are often used in clothing. Polyesters are an example of a condensation polymer. A simple ...
For example, glycine is the simplest amino acid. An equation for the formation of a polypeptide which is made only from glycine is: ...