C&EN6d
Enhancing Lignin Depolymerization and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Lignocellulose by the Synergy of Ball Milling and Fenton-like Reactions
Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Chongqing University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400044, China Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Energy ...
BBC2d
Chemical reactions and reversible changes
A change is called irreversible if it cannot be changed back again. Many chemical reactions are irreversible. In a chemical reaction, new materials are always formed. Sometimes these new materials ...
BBC4d
Halogen displacement reactions [Higher tier only]
When chlorine (as a gas or dissolved in water) is added to sodium bromide solution, the chlorine takes the place of the bromine. Because chlorine is more reactive than bromine, it displaces ...
Nature5d
Uridine Diphosphate Glucose: the Coenzyme of the Galactose–Glucose Phosphate Isomerization
A PREVIOUS report 1 dealt with the enzymatic conversion of galactose-1-phosphate into glucose-1-phosphate and mentioned that a thermostable factor is necessary for the reaction. This factor has ...
Daily Mail2d
The Reaction
Sarah Vine and Andrew Pierce bring their own no-holds-barred opinions, insights and reaction (clue is in the title) to the biggest stories of the week. New episodes every Wednesday, wherever you ...
Frontiers6d
Breaking down the cell wall: Still an attractive antibacterial strategy
Figure 1. Peptidoglycan biosynthesis pathway. UDP-GlcNAc, uridine diphosphate N-acetylglucosamine; PEP, phosphoenol pyruvate; MurA, UDP-GlcNAc enol pyruvate transferase; MurB, UDP-N-acetyl ...
Frontiers6d
Role of angiotensin II in aging
Aging is an inevitable progressive decline in physiological organ function that increases the chance of disease and death. The renin–angiotensin system (RAS) is involved in the regulation of ...