Nicole Behnke, Rice University (IMAGE)

Rice University

Nicole Behnke, Rice University

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Rice University graduate student Nicole Behnke holds a beaker of a reagent made from terpenes that can be used in the manufacture of drugs, food and other products. The methodology developed by Rice chemists facilitates the easy transfer of oxygen and nitrogen atoms during organic synthesis and can be recycled and reused.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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