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How Does Protein Build Muscle?

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions For those striving to build muscle, protein is essential. While this is obvious to many athletes and gym-goers, the biological and chemical processes between drinking a protein shake and getting “swole” may not be so
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The Truth About Wasabi - Speaking of Chemistry

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Oh, you love that spicy wasabi kick…except you’ve probably never tasted real wasabi. Sarah Everts explains. Don’t forget to subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions ↓↓Full description and references below↓↓ Unless you’ve had a sushi chef grate a $50 wasabi s
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Does Gum Really Stay in Your Stomach for 7 Years?

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions It’s a legendary piece of playground lore: If you swallow a piece of gum, it stays stuck in your stomach forever. So was your elementary-school buddy right? This week, Reactions looks at the mechanics and chemistry of
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Foam Explosion (In Super Slow Motion): Elephant Toothpaste

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions You might have seen this wacky experiment in a chemistry class or on late-night TV. Dropping a mixture into some hydrogen peroxide produces a huge foamy flume. But what’s actually causing that big mess? Turns out it’s
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Is Fluoride in Drinking Water Safe?

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions It’s in our tap water, toothpaste and even in tea. Fluoride has helped reduce cavities in children for decades. Still, more than 70 years after Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first city to fluoridate its drinking
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Why Do Onions Make You Cry?

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Common in cuisine all around the globe, onions are renowned for their ability to make us all look like cry babies. In Reactions’ latest video, we get to the bottom of this teary phenomenon and reveal exactly what chem
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Fluorescence Is Awesome (Here Is How It Works)

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Check out the NSF's Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology Blog! http://sustainable-nano.com/ Have you ever wondered about what makes a fluorescent color stand out so brightly from the rest? Today we’re digging into wh
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