Retired Evansville chemistry teacher tests hops
EVANSVILLE – The explosion of microbreweries and increase in hops growers have stirred up a new business for a retired Evansville chemistry teacher. Rick Cole is putting his 25 years of home-brewing experience and background as a chemist to use by …
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Twisting activity from amides
If I try a little harder, Mukaiyama aldol chemistry using pre-formed silyl enol ethers, with facial control from chiral Lewis acids, emerges from the deeper recesses of my memory. However, it is rare that catalytic enantioselective aldol chemistry …
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Crustal Chemistry May Aid in Earthquake Prediction
Now researchers say that following the chemistry of groundwater could sound a long-term quake alarm. They tracked samples from an artesian well in Iceland for five years and identified changes in the ratios of hydrogen isotopes and a spike in sodium …
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