Clothes and fishing nets that are made of nylon often end up in landfill or dumped in oceans, but a new way to break down the ...

Researchers create polyesteramides from brassylic acid and explore their potential as a replacement for polyethylene ...

Among the various derivatives of phenoxyacetic acids, 2,4-D (salts and esters) and MCPA (salts) are widely used as herbicides ...

Dietary measures and medications may help reduce uric acid and manage gout. Gout can occur when blood uric acid levels are too high, causing crystals to form in the toes, feet, and other joints.

Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States ...

Fatty acids are organic acids with at least one carboxyl (-C(=O)OH, -COOH or -CO2H) group and a long carbon chain that can be joined by double bonds, as in unsaturated fatty acids, or single bonds ...

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States Biomolecular Science and Engineering Program, University of California ...