Researchers have identified a chemical compound that may be suitable as an active agent against several different unicellular parasites. Among these are the pathogens that cause malaria and ...

At present, there is no specific active substance against hepatitis E. As the disease kills 70,000 people every year, researchers are actively searching for one. A team may have found what they're ...

The eight papers, together with the introductory address L. Anson, presented at the two-day cohfererffcle on ‘Surface-Active Agents’ held by the and Chemistry Section of the New York Academy of ...

Biosurfactants with the ability to replace harmful petroleum based surfactants in everyday products are a step closer to becoming the norm. Dr. Pattanathu Rahman from the Institute of Biological and ...

Much previous work in the social sciences has involved researchers—often but not always from the Global North—collecting data from rural communities in the Global South on a wide range of topics from ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

IT is generally assumed, in colloidal systems, that the hydrocarbon carrier plays a negligible part in determining the effectiveness of surface-active agents. We have carried out scuffing experiments ...