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Researchers have reported the discovery of a previously unknown compound in chloraminated drinking water. Inorganic chloramines are commonly used to disinfect drinking water to safeguard public health ...

The pathogen C. diff -- the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea -- can use a compound that kills the human gut's resident microbes to survive and grow, giving it a ...

Scientists have developed a new compound that could offer a breakthrough in the global fight against tuberculosis, history's deadliest infectious disease. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

His work helped break down the chemical structures of THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana, to figure out how cannabis makes users high. By Alex Williams Raphael Mechoulam, a pioneering Israeli ...

The Longtan Science Park's third-phase development project, located in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, intended for TSMC's 1.4nm wafer fab but abandoned for numerous reasons, is now slated for ...

The Wright Aeronautical Corp. described this week its “Turbo-Cyclone 18 Compound Engine,” designed for the utmost fuel economy. It has a conventional piston engine in front and three small turbines ...