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COOH) represents the protonated form of the organic acid, whereas lactate (CH₃CH (OH)COO⁻) represents its conjugated base.

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In Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, the Aga Khan University Hospital is positioning itself to solve two of Africa’s nagging ...

Turns out not breathing is hard. A minute or so ago, I filled my lungs with as much air they would hold and now I’m staring ...

It is the most essential thing we do - yet many of us arguably breathe badly. The author of Breath explains how that can be changed ...

The first night I tried it, I was convinced that it actually deterred me from getting to sleep in the first place.' ...

Childbirth depends not just on hormones, but on the uterus’s ability to sense physical force. Scientists found that pressure ...

As a teenager, Sam Betz used to walk the halls of Danville Area High School into its athletic training room as a curious ...

The cut-off has been fixed at the 7th percentile for general category students, the 5th percentile for persons with ...

Astronauts on a 9-day space mission showed 2 years of biological age increase, but within 24 hours of returning to Earth, markers reversed.

Word spread through running clubs and gym communities about a clinic where therapists didn't just knead muscles but conducted ...