Some people are mosquito magnets due to their skin’s chemistry. High levels of carboxylic acids in their natural scent make ...

Polyamides are present in many different products, such as ropes for mountaineering, parachutes of nylon, and materials for 3D printing. Dicarboxylic acids are used as chemical building blocks for ...

If you’ve ever wondered why you get targeted by mosquitoes while your friends and family escape unscathed, according to a new study, the answer might lie in the chemicals on your skin specifically, ...

Some people may be more attractive to mosquitoes than others due to an acidic byproduct made by skin bacteria. Maria Elena De Obaldia at the Rockefeller University in New York and her colleagues asked ...

A research project conducted by the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung shows how biomass can be used as a raw material for chemical products instead of petroleum. The scientists have published ...