Researchers have discovered how acids on the surface of bacteria give these microscopic organisms their characteristic "rod" ...

An amino acid has been produced in a lab by warming analogs of ices found in the freezing conditions of interstellar gas clouds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A German-Swiss scientist, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, stumbled upon a powerful new substance in 1846. An accidental spill ...

Hyaluronic acid is prominent in ophthalmic, medical, pharmacological, and cosmetic applications. Previous hyaluronic acid experiments have involved several size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) studies.

Primary bile acids are synthesized from cholesterol in the liver, which is transformed to cholic acid (CA) through the classical pathway and chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) as an alternative pathway.

Identify the independent (manipulated) and dependent (responding) variables in a scientific investigation. Draw conclusions about the relationship between two variables using quantitative data.

Author Boese (Hippo Eats Dwarf, The Museum of Hoaxes) returns with another look at scientific oddities, this time focusing on unlikely but actual experiments. Included are notorious examples such as ...