A nucleic acid is a long molecule made up of smaller molecules called nucleotides. Nucleic acids were discovered in 1868, when twenty-four-year-old Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher isolated a ...

In the BBC Radio 4 documentary Vitriolic, journalist Ayshea Buksh meets victims of acid attacks who have been scarred for life and had to undergo major surgery in their long recovery. Here she ...

Resham Khan was left with burns on her face, arms, legs and shoulder after having acid thrown at her The latest acid attacks in north-east London on Thursday, which saw five people being sprayed ...

A 14-year-old schoolgirl has been seriously injured after a substance, believed to be acidic, was thrown at her and another teenager outside her school in west London, with a staff member also ...

Bubbles of CO 2 rise from volcanic vents on the seafloor and dissolve to form carbonic acid. Carbonic acid is relatively weak; people drink it all the time in carbonated beverages. But if enough ...

Chemically, an amino acid is a molecule that has a carboxylic acid group and an amine group that are each attached to a carbon atom called the α carbon. Each of the 20 amino acids has a specific ...

An acid and alkali will neutralise each other and produce a salt and water. This is called a neutralisation reaction. The name of the salt produced can be worked out from the names of the acid and ...

A 14-year-old girl has been left with life-changing injuries after a masked man on an e-scooter attacked her and a 16-year-old boy with acid on their way home from school. Detectives said they ...

A 14-year-old girl may have suffered life-changing injuries after a suspected acid attack injured three people - including a teacher - outside a school in west London. Police said they were ...