In a landmark study led by Northwestern University, scientists have achieved a long-standing goal in chemistry: observing ...

When the alcohols with the shortest hydrocarbon chains, eg methanol, ethanol or propanol, are added to water, they mix easily to produce a solution. However, the solubility decreases as the length ...

Fermentation is a slow reaction and takes several days or weeks to finish. If air is present, the oxygen causes the ethanol to oxidise to ethanoic acid, so the drink tastes of vinegar.