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What do we know about the novel coronavirus’s 29 proteins?
WEBApr 1, 2020 · Coronavirus proteins. SARS-CoV-2 has four structural proteins (top): the E and M proteins, which form the viral envelope; the N protein (detail not shown), which binds to the virus’s RNA genome ...
How peracetic acid is changing wastewater treatment
WEBApr 19, 2020 · Once a niche product, peracetic acid may soon challenge the dominance of chlorine in large swaths of the US wastewater treatment market. The global peracetic acid market was worth $650 million in ...
What’s in sunscreen, and how does it protect your skin from the …
WEBJul 21, 2021 · The active ingredients in sunscreens protect our skin by either absorbing or reflecting UV light. Currently, 16 sun-filtering ingredients are approved by the FDA. But sunscreen makers in the US ...
Do we know enough about the safety of quat disinfectants?
WEBAug 2, 2020 · The key to minimizing these negative effects, Hostetler says, is to use quat disinfectants as directed. The compounds pose their biggest risks when they get on the skin, he points out, but only ...
What did we learn from the Deepwater Horizon disaster?
WEBSep 13, 2020 · Sept. 19 marks 10 years since retired US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the national incident commander in charge of the Deepwater Horizon response, announced that the spill was over. Although ...
New weight-loss drugs could shift the scales - Chemical
WEBDoctors argue that losing just 5–10% of starting weight leads to health benefits for clinically obese people, which Cliett can attest to. And Wegovy, tirzepatide, and potentially newer drugs are ...
Climate change is destroying our coral reefs. Here’s how scientists ...
WEBFeb 10, 2020 · In partnership with universities and industry, Australian government scientists are exploring myriad strategies to preserve the Great Barrier Reef. This reef alone constitutes 10% of the world’s ...
CRISPR genome editing gets 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
WEBOct 9, 2020 · The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has gone to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”. That method, formally known as CRISPR-Cas9 ...