acid
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He said professional comedians such as Jo Brand had joked about throwing acid on Nigel Farage and Jimmy Carr about gypsies in the Holocaust and they had not been prosecuted.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Known as 5-oxoETE, or 5-oxo-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid, this fatty signaling molecule acts as a chemical alert when the body needs to respond to a threat.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
They were influenced by Jamaican sound systems, acid house and hip hop, which led to a new sound explosion in the city.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Researchers also found that swishing with pure cranberry juice reduced acid production in dental plaque from both children and adults.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
But he couldn’t feel any pain, didn’t feel the tightness of lactic acid coating his muscles.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
To verify that their findings were reliable, specialists at the University of York's chemistry facility examined the amino acids in the samples.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
In biology, a peptide is a short chain of amino acids that acts as a chemical messenger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Enzymes and digestive acids destroy TB-500 before it can leave the intestine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
The phenol metabolites investigated by the team are produced when gut bacteria process two amino acids, tyrosine and phenylalanine.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
He had been working on the chemistry of nucleic acids in Copenhagen—“a complete flop,” as he would later describe it—but Wilkins’s photograph entranced him.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Chemistry - Introductory
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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Chemical Reactions - Introductory
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