Drawing on rich natural product resources, the field of small molecules is rapidly developing in China. Here, Yongjun Dang, director of the newly established Center for Novel Target and ...

Rather than burning all their energy in one large reaction, cells release the energy stored in their food molecules through a series of oxidation reactions. Oxidation describes a type of chemical ...

The small intestine is well adapted for digestion: it has thin walls, making it easy for food molecules to pass through into the blood stream. The last stage of digestion involves the large ...

The attractions water molecules have for each other keep them close together. They can move past each other, but their attractions keep them from moving far apart from each other. The blue food ...