Word News from the Chemical Industries
- OIL prices held steady on Friday (Sep 22) but closed the week lower on profit-taking and as markets weighed supply concerns stemming from Russia’s fuel export ban against demand woes from future rate hikes.
- CHINA’S top copper smelters maintained their fourth-quarter guidance for copper concentrate processing treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) at a six-year high amid expectations of ample supply in the market.
- THE renewables unit of Portugal’s largest utility, EDP, will start building its largest solar power plant in land-scarce Japan this year to sell power directly to a company, a senior executive said.
- CHEVRON labour unions reached an agreement to end strikes at key liquefied natural gas facilities in Australia that have roiled the global market for the fuel.
- CGS-CIMB upgraded its call on rubber chemicals producer China Sunsine Chemical to “add” from “hold”, given the recent increase in the average selling prices (ASPs) of rubber accelerators, which the brokerage thinks could point to better H2 financials for the company.
- What is Recombinant DNA Technology? Recombinant DNA technology (rDNA technology) is a process that is used for producing artificial DNA through the combination of different genetic materials (DNA) from different sources. Recombinant DNA is possible because DNA molecules from all organisms have the same chemical structure but differ only in the nucleotide sequence. The idea […]
- What is Nucleotide? A nucleotide that contains a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group in its structure is the basic building block of nucleic acids − deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). Nucleotides are organic biopolymers that can be synthesized in our bodies and are essential for our life. Purine and pyrimidine […]
- What are Nucleic Acids? Nucleic acids are biopolymers, macromolecules that carry genetic information and participate in protein synthesis. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are the two classes of nucleic acids for all known forms of life. They are long-chain polymers composed of nucleotides. These nucleotides are the monomer components that contain a sugar unit, […]
- What is DNA? Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the polymer of deoxyribonucleotides which is found in most animals, plants, and some viruses. Deoxyribonucleic acid carries genetic instructions for the development, growth, biological functioning, and reproduction of all known living organisms. Therefore, it is a biological instructor that makes each species unique. Hydrolysis of deoxyribonucleic acids by […]
- What is Collagen Protein? Collagen is the most abundant protein in mammals that forms approximately one-third of the total body protein. Collagen is a type of protein that is found mostly in our connective tissue of cartilage, bones, tendons, ligaments, and skin. The structure of collagen contains several amino acids which bound together to form […]
