Trying to reduce your sodium intake? This 1 simple swap might be the answer, experts say
Many people in the U.S. are trying to lower their sodium intake for better heart health. The WHO and dietitians say using ...
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Chemistry in its element: sodium
As such sodium is found naturally only in compounds and never as the free element. Even so it is highly abundant, accounting for around 2.6 per cent of the earths crust by weight. Its most common ...
NASA's asteroid sample reveals key chemistry that could lead to life
All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that asteroids hold molecules believed to be the precursors to these chemicals.
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Asteroid Bennu holds secrets of water evaporated billions of years ago, study shocks
Scientists have discovered a unique sequence of minerals that formed from evaporated water in samples from Bennu.
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Russian scientists understood causes of formation of ‘forbidden’ sodium chloride compounds
The competition between these two bonding types, influenced by pressure, determines the peculiar structures of the newly discovered compounds. In addition to explaining the stability of sodium ...
Briny Traces in NASA’s Asteroid Sample Hold Clues to the Chemistry of Life
The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...
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FDA Approves the First Non-Opioid Pain Drug in 20 Years
The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, are taken twice a day and ...
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Lesson 4.5: Energy Levels, Electrons, and Ionic Bonding
A little water helps expose the sodium so it can react with the chlorine gas. The reaction releases a lot of heat as the ionic compound sodium chloride is formed. A sodium and chlorine atom are near ...