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In chemical terms, dimethyl sulfide comprises one atom of sulfur bonded to two methyl groups, each of which contains one carbon atom and three hydrogen atoms.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
Those potential signs of life are a group of chemicals called methyl halides, which on Earth are produced by some bacteria and ocean algae.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2025
The team theorizes that shocks initially create these thin filaments in the process, releasing silicon monoxide and organic molecules like methanol, methyl cyanide, and cyanoacetylene into the interstellar medium.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
This is basically a mechanism where methyl groups are added to segments of DNA, essentially turning a gene on or off.
—New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
Those potential signs of life are a group of chemicals called methyl halides, which on Earth are produced by some bacteria and ocean algae.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2025
The team theorizes that shocks initially create these thin filaments in the process, releasing silicon monoxide and organic molecules like methanol, methyl cyanide, and cyanoacetylene into the interstellar medium.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
This is basically a mechanism where methyl groups are added to segments of DNA, essentially turning a gene on or off.
—New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Methyl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/methyl. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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methyl
noun
meth·yl
ˈmeth-əl 
: a chemical group consisting of carbon and hydrogen
Medical Definition
methyl
noun
meth·yl
ˈmeth-əl, British also ˈmē-ˌthīl
: an alkyl group CH3 that is derived from methane by removal of one hydrogen atom
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