chemical
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Caffeine blocks adenosine, a chemical that slows the activity of important brain messengers such as dopamine and acetylcholine.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
"A lot of energy systems, power plants have rubber parts. Everybody's had a garden hose that started leaking because a rubber gasket failed. Now imagine that happening in a power plant or a chemical plant."
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi previously said Tokyo was expected to have enough naphtha-derived chemical products to last beyond the end of the year after boosting imports from outside the Middle East.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
China also has placed restrictions on exports of the chemical — and both of those factors are likely increasing copper’s production costs.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Gene, protein, function, and fate were strung in a chain: one chemical alteration in one base pair in DNA was sufficient to “encode” a radical change in human fate.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing chemical
Matter and Energy 1: Atoms and Molecules
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Chemical Reactions - Introductory
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"Handle with Care"
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