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Although some major corporations have recently scaled back the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives they once prioritized, DEI remains an important business component for many small and ...

Computational analysis suggests that the anomeric effect arises from a combination of factors and is not limited to just hyperconjugation. Researchers say that this ‘curiosity-driven’ work reminds ...

What are some examples of sole traders? A sole trader can do or be anything really – the key thing is that, legally, there is no distinction between you and your business when it comes to finances, ...

The foundation of predicting reaction products lies in understanding the reaction mechanism. A mechanism describes the step-by-step sequence of events that occur during a chemical transformation. Each ...

Cognitive dissonance happens when you hold two conflicting thoughts in your mind at the same time — like loving both hamburgers and cows. Cognitive dissonance is a theory in social psychology first ...

We pioneer the use of an aromatic hydrocarbon derivative to break through the limitation of molecular conductors. The constituent molecules for conductors have been practically limited to planar ...

From their first organic chemistry course, students learn that the more substituted an alkane, the weaker the remaining C-H bonds, and the more stable the molecule's corresponding radical. The reason ...

It's an old organic chemistry tenet that conjugated polyenes, with their alternating double and single bonds, are more stable than their unconjugated isomers. An abundance of lab experiments and ...

A computational study by researchers in the UK has shown that alkyl groups are inductively electron-withdrawing relative to hydrogen, and not electron-donating as described in some textbooks.