Nitrogen is essential for growth and development of living things. It’s involved with almost all aspects of life: in amino acids that constitute protein, in DNA and RNA that control genetic ...

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The body is, for all intents and purposes, an extraordinarily complex machine. This requires a multitude of parts all working together in complicated relationships from the micro- to macromolecular ...

Glycine replaces toxic precursors in solvent-free graphene production, yielding nanoplatelets with high conductivity and ...