How hops produce chiral α-bitter acids that give beer its signature taste

Hops are an essential ingredient in beer brewing and an important economic crop. The female flowers of hops are covered in ...

Novel catalyst turns carbon dioxide into essential ingredient for clean fuels

A research team led by Dr. Kee Young Koo from the Hydrogen Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research ...
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Study links obesity-driven fatty acids to breast cancer, warns against high-fat diets like keto

A team from Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) has found that triple-negative breast cancer is fueled by lipids and that these fatty acids are a key feature of obesity that ...
C&EN

An Electron Donor–Acceptor Complex-Driven Strategy Enables Initiation of Photoiniferter RAFT Polymerization from Amines, Carboxylic Acids, and Alcohols

Here, we report a unified approach for the photoiniferter RAFT polymerization technique allowing the utilization of organic molecules with the most ubiquitous functional groups (amines, carboxylic ...
C&EN

Regiodivergent Access to α- and β-Amino Acids via Solvent-Controlled Rh-Catalyzed Carboamidation of β,γ-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids

State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Engineering of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of ...
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Acidic tumor environment promotes survival and growth of cancer cells

Tumors are not a comfortable place to live: oxygen deficiency, nutrient scarcity, and the accumulation of sometimes harmful metabolic products constantly stress cancer cells. A research team from the ...
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How to Watch My Hero Academia Movies in Order

When it comes to anime movies from popular franchises such as One Piece, Bleach, etc, they are not canon and made for the pure entertainment of fans. However, Kohei Horikoshi (the creator of MHA) once ...