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Cassava is an important food crop in tropical regions, valued for its high carbohydrate content and ability to grow in poor soils. Its edible roots are safe…
Dr Rajendra P. Giri’s work in electrochemistry offers a useful way to understand fuel cells beyond the headlines about hydrogen. At the centre of this field…
A bomb calorimeter measures the heat released when a known mass of biomass burns completely in a sealed vessel filled with oxygen. The result is usually…
Essential oils are concentrated mixtures of volatile compounds obtained from aromatic plants. In Nepali aromatherapy, these oils may come from Himalayan herbs,…
The Job Opening: Organic Synthesis Chemist at Nepal Biotech Research Center offers a potentially valuable pathway for chemists interested in laboratory…
The acetylation of aniline to form acetanilide sits firmly in the canon of introductory organic chemistry, and remains a rite of passage for undergraduate labs…
Clay bricks have shaped the skylines of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur for centuries, yet the chemistry happening inside a Nepali kiln often goes unseen by…
Phthalates are a family of chemicals used to make some plastics flexible, durable and easier to process. They are especially associated with soft polyvinyl…
In the thin air of the Himalayas, where pine forests give way to rhododendron thickets and alpine meadows, insects communicate through an invisible vocabulary…
Chloride shows up everywhere a chemist looks, from potable water supplies across Sydney and Melbourne to brines pumped out of Western Australian mines. When a…