Latest Kendall Houk Stories

2012-07-10 10:27:29

In 1928, chemists Otto Diels and Kurt Alder first documented diene synthesis, a chemical reaction important for synthesizing many polymers, alkaloids and steroids.

2011-03-10 23:39:15

Good chemists are passive-aggressive â€” they manipulate molecules without actually touching them.

2008-03-19 17:15:00

Chemists from UCLA and the University of Washington have succeeded in creating "designer enzymes," a major milestone in computational chemistry and protein engineering.

Word of the Day
The word 'saggar' may come from 'safeguard'.