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Molecules that form hydrogen bonds with water are hydrophilic and those that can't are hydrophobic.

Detergent chemicals called Sufactants which are in all common cleaning solutions. What are they and how do they work?

Water at the surface is frozen in a stretched sheet of optimally bonded molecules, as molecules shake into the minimal energy configuration.

What is the difference between an organic and an inorganic molecule? What substances are within the realm of organic chemistry? Read on and discover.

Water is highly organized by contact with the double layer of membrane lipids. Hydrophilic phosphates of the phospholipids hydrogen bond into the water surface layers.

Proteins are a major component of all of our cells. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. Amino acids can be grouped according to their chemical behavior.

Spectacles can become a part of the face or an accessory. Selection of glasses can be time consuming. Eventually almost everyone needs to acquire a pair of eyeglasses.

What are the different kinds of lipids? What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats? Read on and discover.

A look at how amino acids go to make up polypeptides and how polypeptides go to make up proteins.

Rearing its carcinogenic head all across the world, dioxins are a cunning class of toxic chemicals that steadily work their way up the food chain.

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is involved in the reverse transport and management of blood cholesterol. Elevated levels may protect against heart disease.

Describing the importance of different kinds of fats in the human body. Explaining terms like Saturated, Mono-unsaturated and Poly-unsaturated, cis and trans.

Everyone has heard of cholesterol but few understand where it comes from and how important this much maligned molecule is for life.

The phospholipid bilayer of the cell membrane protects the cell, provides structural support and controls the flow of molecules into and out of the cell.

Learn helpful tips for selecting the most water-absorbent towels and get instructions on how to fold towels.

Ways to reduce water use in the garden include mulching, plant selection and water harvesting.

Learn about the chemical bonds and different levels of structure that take amino acid monomers to a whole other level, a more complex protein polymer.

Cell outer membranes regulate and transport materials into and out of cells. Without membranes there would be no life as it is now known and understood by scientists

A chemical description of an infamous but important chemical which is ever-present in dietary advice.

Read about the goals of Ribonuclease A,TPCK and enzyme inhibition in modern protein chemistry.

The Pacific Garbage Patch, that is about 1,000 miles west of San Francisco, is a plastic island of garbage nearly twice the size of Texas.

Shampoo's main purpose is to clean hair. Here's how shampoo does it.

Plastics degrade in the ocean, causing pollution and concentrating toxins, which may be finding their way into the marine food chain, despite wastewater treatment.

Several molecular interactions affect the structure of a polypeptide.

Sometimes psychological disorders go beyond depression or denial to bizarre, uncontrollable mental conditions. The Rat Man, Wolf Man, & Anna O. are Freud's famous cases.

Prokaryotes are evolutionarily ancient, for billions of years the only form of life. Here's a summary of the basic "parts & pieces" of these primitive cells.