A new method of tracking the dietary habits and contaminant exposure of animals in Arctic marine ecosystems is providing ...

Acetic acid serves as an important feedstock in the manufacturing of chemicals such as vinyl acetate monomer (VAM), acetic anhyd ...

Animals, plants and many other living organisms inhale oxygen to "burn" (oxidize) compounds like sugar into CO2 and water—a process during which the energy-rich molecule ATP is produced. Cells require ...

And while our bodies naturally make amino acids, manufacturing them for commercial use can be costly—and the process often emits greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO 2). In a new study ...

(A) This is the structure of stearic acid, an 18-carbon saturated fatty acid. The normal numbering system, starting with the carboxylic acid, is shown in blue. The carbons and oxygens of the ...

Linolenic and linoleic fatty acids contain long carbon chains of 18 carbons each, but other fatty acids of similar size, such as steric acid and oleic acid, cannot replace them. These "essential ...

Carbon is found in organic matter (carbon-based compounds associated with living things), from complex proteins down to amino acids, chemicals so simple they're called the "building blocks" of life.

Carbon dioxide reacts with water to produce carbonic acid. The double arrow means that carbonic acid breaks down pretty readily to form carbon dioxide and water again. A hydrogen atom from the ...

“We are taking a biologically sustainable source of carbon and hydrogen, and we are turning that into renewable hydrogen and renewable acetic acid. That’s quite neat.” The team says the ...