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Most people buy phones, tablets, and computers with the understanding that they’ll likely be obsolete after a few years of use. Whether it’s because they won’t be able to keep up with software updates, the batteries can only survive so many charge cycles, or the companies behind the products will eventually stop supporting them, it’s […]
The most abundant protein in animals, collagen is fibrous, made from long strands of protein that intertwine to form a tough triple helix. “Collagen is the scaffold that holds us together,” says chemistry professor Ron Raines, the study’s senior author. Peptide bonds are formed between a carbon atom from one amino acid and a nitrogen […]