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Research Advances: Image Pinpoints All 5 Million Atoms in Viral Coat; Bilirubin, "Animals-Only" Pigment, Found in Plants; New Evidence Shows Humans Make Salicyclic Acid

Angela G. King

Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109

J. Chem. Educ., 2009, 86 (8), p 894

DOI: 10.1021/ed086p894

Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2009

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Recent "firsts" in chemical research: image of a viral capsid pinpointing 5 million atoms; isolation and identification of an "animal" pigment, bilirubin, from a plant source; evidence that humans make salicylic acid.

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