dimethyl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dimethyl
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In 2007, scientists at the University of East Anglia discovered that a single gene could produce dimethyl sulfide from dimethylsulfoniopropionate, or DMSP, the food that phytoplankton eat.
From Salon • May 31, 2025
Once you’ve found a bacterium with the dddD gene, you can clone it and stick it into an E.coli bacterium, which will then happily produce dimethyl sulfide.
From Salon • May 31, 2025
"It may not seem like much, but methanethiol is more efficient at oxidising and forming aerosols than dimethyl sulfide and, therefore, its climate impact is magnified," said co-lead Dr Julián Villamayor, a researcher at IQF-CSIC.
From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024
This suggested that microscopic plankton living on the surface of the seas produce sulfur in the form of a gas, dimethyl sulphide, that once in the atmosphere, oxidizes and forms small particles called aerosols.
From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024
Xylol, zī′lol, n. any of the metameric dimethyl benzenes.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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