News articles tagged with 'citric'
Chemists turn gold to purple - on purpose
— 27 Jan 2011 17:35 | ChemistryProfessor Richard Watt and his chemistry students suspected that a common protein could potentially react with sunlight and harvest its energy - similar to what chlorophyll does during…
Houseplant pest gives clue to potential new anthrax treatment
— 24 Feb 2009 12:08 | HealthResearchers at the University of Warwick have found how a citric acid-based Achilles heel used by a pathogen that attacks the popular African Violet house plant could be exploited not…
Pfizer's work on penicillin becomes a National Historic Chemical Landmark
— 12 Jun 2008 22:45 | HealthThe development of deep-tank fermentation by Pfizer - which enabled the mass production of penicillin for use in World War II - was designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark…
Citrate may control buckyball clumping but environmental concerns remain
— 9 Apr 2008 08:03 | ChemistryFullerenes, also fondly known as buckyballs, are showing an ugly side. Since being discovered in 1985, the hollow carbon atoms have been adapted for nanotechnology and biomedical applications…
Kilogram quantities at last!
— 4 Feb 2008 18:34 | ChemistryThe citric acid cycle, one of the most important metabolic processes in our bodies, was formulated in 1937. Since then, all of the intermediates have been produced in multigram quantities…
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