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posted by Suzie Chhouk Have you heard of the drug Adderall™? It's like a wonder-drug that can increase happiness, suppress your appetite, reduce fatigue, increase your attention span, and treat narcolepsy and ADHD! How can it do all this? Well, you know there must be some intense chemistry going on... And can you believe the history of this drug goes all the way back to 1887! Watch the video below to learn more! from Reactions, American Chemical Society
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posted by Suzie Chhouk Dear future biochemists, You'll be happy to know that nature.com has made their website chemist-friendly. They want the science to be as accessible for chemists as for biologists, so they've made this clear user guide for all the chemical functions on their website. Check out the video below! Sincerely, ICUCS posted by Suzie Chhouk Once you boil an egg, you can't unboil it, can you? Well, if we consider the problem chemically, it's very theoretically possible. Moreover, this same method may be the future to producing the proteins we need for drugs for much cheaper. from TEDEd posted by Suzie Chhouk Did you know gold is not just a great material for shiny jewelry, but a cornucopia of other uses as well. Because gold is inert and doesn't react with oxygen very well, scientists have been examining the properties of gold on a nanoscale - or particles of gold that are the size of a virus. Scientists are working on medical and technological applications of gold for the future.
Check out the video on nano-gold in the ChemxStuff section!
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Can't resist those puppy dog eyes? Perhaps there's a biochemical reason dog became man's best friend. Eye contact with a dog can trigger the secretion of oxytocin - the same hormone that released when we're in love. Man and dogs - it was just fated to be!
from SciShow posted by Suzie Chhouk For many hundreds of years, philosophers and natural scientists have been trying to figure out the recipe for life. This same question has given us great classic novels such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. To date, all attempts to recreate life as we know it today have been all but successful. We have, however, come much closer to understanding which and at what proportions elements are in our bodies. from It's Okay to be Smart posted by Suzie Chhouk Stop right there! Drop what you're doing and go out and smell the roses! And while you're at it, enjoy the complex chemistry that your nose knows. from Reactions posted by Suzie Chhouk The highest rate of smoking tobacco is in Eastern Europe, but outside Eastern Europe, Japan ranks third (just behind South Korea and Kazakhstan). For decades now, both the scientific community and the general public has come to understand that smoking cigarettes is very harmful to one's health. Still, hundreds of billions of cigarettes are bought worldwide every year. It's one of those habits that we find extremely difficult (to say the least) to kick. In the video below, the American Chemical Society introduces the research of Dr. Kim D. Janda and his team which focuses on a new approach to fight nicotine addiction. While many others approach nicotine addiction from a behavioral psychological or neurological stance, Janda is trying to change the nicotine itself to prevent addiction. Read Janda's article published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, "A Conjugate Vaccine Using Enantiopure Hapten Imparts Superior Nicotine-Binding Capacity". Contact us if you have difficulty viewing the full text. posted by Suzie Chhouk Your body is an organization of an almost unimaginably diverse mix of molecules. Our friends at SciShow have chosen to introduce just five that are essential for keeping us alive. You've probably heard of some of them like DNA - or for our A+ biochemists, deoxyribonucleic acid. Want to know how some of these molecules interact within the body? Check out our post about the how reactions are assisted by enzymes in our bodies. From SciShow posted by Suzie Chhouk Have you been thanking your whales for pooping lately? No -- I didn't think I'd ever either. Now marine biologists tell us that their "flocculent fecal plumes" (read: poonami, a tsunami of poo). These plumes are rich in nutrients necessary for the marine ecosystem. Not only that, just by swimming up and down between the surface and floor of the ocean, whales are responsible for removing tens of millions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere every year. How? Check out the video below; click "Read More" for the transcript. from Sustainable Human |
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