#Enzymes

Enzymes are biology's tiny chemists. They help build, break and rearrange molecules quickly and precisely. In the lab, scientists have long put enzymes to work making useful chemicals. But nature's enzymes cannot do every reaction a researcher might want.…

If you missed my other posts, I developed this method to build free recall. It lets you pick things up around 5 times faster than with normal flashcards.…

So if the sperm binds to the zona pellucida to trigger the acrosomal enzymes, and the corona radiata is outside of that, then it must’ve gotten past the corona radiata already by the time it binds and uses its acrosomal enzymes?…

Proof-of-concept tests found that the plastic did such a good job at eating itself apart, not even microplastics had a chance.

Many plastic products are designed to be used only once, yet the material itself lasts for years. But a new strategy is addressing this problem by creating products that self-destruct on command, known as living plastics.…

Enzymes in our saliva can wreak havoc on the textures of starch-thickened foods in a matter of minutes.