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Scientists have long noted with interest that in one of nature's crucial chemical reactions—the oxygen evolution reaction—it is manganese, rather than more plentiful similar elements such as iron, ...

Enzymes catalyze the critical chemical reactions that help build and power living organisms. But chemists studying the origin of life on Earth face a vexing question: How did these metabolic reactions ...

Lignin as a catalyst support offers a sustainable approach to catalysis, potentially transforming industrial practices and ...

A study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society has recreated in the laboratory chemical reactions that may ...

Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us. Just about every solid, liquid, or gas in the world as we know it begins with reactions between individual ...

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Scientists found that formic and acetic acids can be formed in hydrothermal vents through protometabolic processes.

Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes. In Chapter 5, students learned how the process of dissolving ...

Total breakfast cereal is poured into a beaker, water is added along with a magnetic stir bar, and the mixture is stirred for about 30 to 45 minutes on a magnetic stirrer. At the beginning of class ...