VOCs, or volatile organic compounds, are compounds that contain carbon atoms and that, at room temperature, easily evaporate. Too small to see and virtually omnipresent both indoors and out, they can ...

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Elemental analysis offers scientists a method of determining the elements present in an organic compound, and in what quantity. Various fields of science rely on this type of analysis for research, ...

The appeal of developing improved drugs to promote helpful reactions or prevent harmful ones has driven organic chemists to better understand how to synthetically create these molecules and reactions ...

On Thursday, after much anticipation NASA scientists announced a major breakthrough in the search for life on Mars. Based on data collected by the Curiosity rover from the Gale Crater on the red ...

Recent research is uncovering the link between exposure to semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) and changes in the gut microbiome. Scientists are particularly interested in how these products ...

Organic boronic acids are widely used as starting material in the synthesis of various useful chemicals. But, some organic boronic acids are unstable and lead to unwanted 'side reactions.' Thus, they ...

The Orion Nebula, a portion of which is pictured here, is home to a red dwarf star known as d203-506. Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to detect a carbon molecule known as methyl cation ...