When wood is subjected to destructive distillation or is greatly heated in close vessels, an acid liquor oozes over with the tar and gaseous products. This acid liquor is the pyroligneous acid.

Padres manager Mike Shildt recently confirmed Xander Bogaerts would be returning to shortstop, which in turn cements San Diego's plans for second base. Shildt made the announcement at Fan Fest on ...

The base rate hasn't been this low since July 2023. The chart below shows how the base rate has changed since the financial crisis in 2008. Please note that the information in this article is for ...

Interestingly, while the Monetary Policy Committee voted by a majority 7–2 to reduce base rate to 4.5 per cent, those two members opted for a deeper 0.5 percentage point cut to 4.25 per cent.

pH is a measure of how acidic or alkaline a solution is. The diagram below shows what happens to an enzyme when denaturation occurs. Each enzyme has an optimum pH but it also has a working range ...

Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), a water-soluble B vitamin, is sometimes called the "anti-stress vitamin." It is required for the body to make coenzyme A (CoA). CoA is involved in many reactions, such ...

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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life ...