oxidation

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These reactive oxygen species damage cells through oxidation, stripping electrons from essential components such as lipids, proteins, and DNA.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

To investigate their hypothesis, Salomon and his colleagues relied on decades of experience studying lipid oxidation, along with chemical insight, to predict that pseudo leukotrienes existed.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

I learned to force a patina—a controlled oxidation to protect the blade—with vinegar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

This specifically remarkable as resistance to oxidation and ductility still cannot be predicted sufficiently to allow a targeted material design -- despite the great progress that has been achieved in computer-assisted materials development.

From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2025

And only within the past decade have all the varied pieces of research come to form a whole so that biological oxidation could become part of the common knowledge of biologists.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson