In a 1958 patent to Celanese (New York City), inventor Arthur W. Schnizer reported the reaction of acetaldehyde and acetic anhydride with a benzenesulfonic acid catalyst to produce vinyl acetate with ...

A new study has identified an RNA molecule that is important for skin wound healing. The research may have implications for the treatment of hard-to-heal wounds. A new study from Karolinska ...

Can eating fat be good for us? Some fatty acid molecules actually play a crucial role in maintaining our health and cellular functions. By the early twentieth century, scientists and doctors ...

To get the best results, remove the weeds from damp soil (after rain or an irrigation session ... oil (d-limonene), cinnamon oil, citric acid, acetic acid, sodium lauryl sulfate, and eugenol ...

I wish to criticize the fact that wound irrigation with infusion catheters or button cannulas, which are inserted into the full depth of the bite wound in order to remove foreign bodies and ...

To create a new wound-care gel, researchers used a common hydrogel, Gel-MA, and created several combinations infused with ...

After some head-scratching and countless conversations throughout my career, I’ve discovered 10 Emotional/Identity Wounds most of us inflict (or allow) on ourselves. What are they? While ...

A nucleic acid is a long molecule made up of smaller molecules called nucleotides. Nucleic acids were discovered in 1868, when twenty-four-year-old Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher isolated a ...

In the BBC Radio 4 documentary Vitriolic, journalist Ayshea Buksh meets victims of acid attacks who have been scarred for life and had to undergo major surgery in their long recovery. Here she ...

The men, both 21-year-old Santa Cruz County residents, reportedly both died of gunshot wounds, despite lifesaving efforts at the scene on the 700 block of Carlton Road. Authorities responded to ...

The same qualities that make placentas so valuable during pregnancy make them profoundly useful for healing burns and wounds, too. So why do we throw so many away? By Kate Morgan Marcella Townsend ...

An acid and alkali will neutralise each other and produce a salt and water. This is called a neutralisation reaction. The name of the salt produced can be worked out from the names of the acid and ...