Question: Which field in Biology studies chemical processes within and relating to living organisms?
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Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy.
Modern biology is a vast and eclectic field, composed of many branches and subdisciplines.
However, despite the broad scope of biology, there are certain general and unifying concepts within it that govern all study and research, consolidating it into single, coherent field.
In general, biology recognizes the cell as the basic unit of life, genes as the basic unit of heredity, and evolution as the engine that propels the synthesis and creation of new species.
It is also understood today that all organisms survive by consuming and transforming energy and by regulating their internal environment to maintain a stable and vital condition.
Subdisciplines of biology are defined by the scale at which organisms are studied, the kinds of organisms studied, and the methods used to study them: Biochemistry examines the rudimentary chemistry of life; molecular biology studies the complex interactions among biological molecules; botany studies the biology of plants; cellular biology examines the basic building-block of all life, the cell; physiology examines the physical and chemical functions of tissues, organs, and organ systems of an organism; evolutionary biology examines the processes that produced the diversity of life; and ecology examines how organisms interact in their environment. 
 "Main article": Biochemistry Biochemistry.
Biochemistry is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter.
Biochemical processes govern all living organisms and living processes and the field of biochemistry seeks to understand and manipulate these processes. 
Biology – study of living organisms.
Aerobiology – study of airborne organic particles  Agriculture – study of producing crops from the land, with an emphasis on practical applications  Anatomy – study of form and function, in plants, animals, and other organisms, or specifically in humans * Human anatomy – scientific study of the morphology of the adult human.
Cryobiology – study of the effects of lower than normally preferred temperatures on living beings.
Developmental biology – study of the processes through which an organism forms, from zygote to full structure * Embryology – study of the development of embryo (from fecundation to birth).
See also topobiology.
* Gerontology – study of aging processes.
Ecology – study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with the non-living elements of their environment  Environmental Biology – study of the natural world, as a whole or in a particular area, especially as affected by human activity  Epidemiology – major component of public health research, studying factors affecting the health of populations  Evolution – any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations.
* Evolutionary Biology – study of the origin and descent of species over time ** Evolutionary developmental biology – field of biology that compares the developmental processes of different organisms to determine the ancestral relationship between them, and to discover how developmental processes evolved.
* Paleobiology – discipline which combines the methods and findings of the natural science biology with the methods and findings of the earth science paleontology.
** Paleontology – study of fossils and sometimes geographic evidence of prehistoric life  Genetics – study of genes and heredity * Genomics – discipline in genetics concerned with the study of the genomes of organisms.
* Proteomics – large-scale study of proteins, particularly their structures and functions *Population genetics – study of changes in gene frequencies in  Histology – study of cells and tissues, a microscopic branch of anatomy  Integrative biology – study of whole organisms  Limnology – study of inland waters  Marine Biology – study of ocean ecosystems, plants, animals, and other living beings  Microbiology – study of microscopic organisms (microorganisms) and their interactions with other living things * Bacteriology – study of bacteria.
* Virology – study of viruses and some other virus-like agents  Molecular Biology – study of biology and biological functions at the molecular level, some cross over with biochemistry * Structural biology – branch of molecular biology, biochemistry, and biophysics concerned with the molecular structure of biological macromolecules  Morphology – In biology, morphology is a branch of bioscience dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
species, populations), which is discovered through molecular sequencing data and morphological data matrices * Taxonomy – science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification.
Zoology – study of animals, including classification, physiology, development, and behavior * Arachnology – scientific study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, collectively called arachnids.
** Acarology – study of the taxon of arachnids that contains mites and ticks * Entomology – study of insects ** Myrmecology – scientific study of ants, a branch of entomology ** Coleopterology – study of beetles ** Lepidopterology – study of a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies (called lepidopterans) * Ethology – study of animal behavior * Helminthology – study of worms, especially parasitic worms * Herpetology – study of reptiles and amphibians * Ichthyology – study of fish * Malacology – branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods.
* Mammalogy – study of mammals ** Cetology – branch of marine mammal science that studies the approximately eighty species of whales, dolphins, and porpoise in the scientific order Cetacea.
** Physical anthropology – studies the physical development of the human species.
* Nematology – scientific discipline concerned with the study of nematodes, or roundworms * Ornithology – study of birds  
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms.
By controlling information flow through biochemical signaling and the flow of chemical energy through metabolism, biochemical processes give rise to the complexity of life.
Over the last 40 years, biochemistry has become so successful at explaining living processes that now almost all areas of the life sciences from botany to medicine are engaged in biochemical research.
Today, the main focus of pure biochemistry is in understanding how biological molecules give rise to the processes that occur within living cells, which in turn relates greatly to the study and understanding of whole organisms.
Biochemistry is closely related to molecular biology, the study of the molecular mechanisms by which genetic information encoded in DNA is able to result in the processes of life.
Depending on the exact definition of the terms used, molecular biology can be thought of as a branch of biochemistry, or biochemistry as a tool with which to investigate and study molecular biology.
Much of biochemistry deals with the structures, functions and interactions of biological macromolecules, such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids, which provide the structure of cells and perform many of the functions associated with life.
The chemistry of the cell also depends on the reactions of smaller molecules and ions.
These can be inorganic, for example water and metal ions, or organic, for example the amino acids which are used to synthesize proteins.
The mechanisms by which cells harness energy from their environment via chemical reactions are known as metabolism.
The findings of biochemistry are applied primarily in medicine, nutrition, and agriculture.
In medicine, biochemists investigate the causes and cures of disease.
In nutrition, they study how to maintain health and study the effects of nutritional deficiencies.
In agriculture, biochemists investigate soil and fertilizers, and try to discover ways to improve crop cultivation, crop storage and pest control.
Chemistry – science of atomic matter (matter that is composed of chemical elements), especially its chemical reactions, but also including its properties, structure, composition, behavior, and changes as they relate the chemical reactions  Analytical chemistry – study of the separation, identification, and quantification of the chemical components of natural and artificial materials.
Astrochemistry – study of the abundance and reactions of chemical elements and molecules in the universe, and their interaction with radiation.
* Cosmochemistry – study of the chemical composition of matter in the universe and the processes that led to those compositions  Atmospheric chemistry – branch of atmospheric science in which the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets is studied.
It is a multidisciplinary field of research and draws on environmental chemistry, physics, meteorology, computer modeling, oceanography, geology and volcanology and other disciplines Biochemistry – study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter.
Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes.
* Agrochemistry – study of both chemistry and biochemistry which are important in agricultural production, the processing of raw products into foods and beverages, and in environmental monitoring and remediation.
* Bioinorganic chemistry – examines the role of metals in biology.
* Bioorganic chemistry – rapidly growing scientific discipline that combines organic chemistry and biochemistry.
* Biophysical chemistry – new branch of chemistry that covers a broad spectrum of research activities involving biological systems.
* Environmental chemistry – scientific study of the chemical and biochemical phenomena that occur in natural places.
* Immunochemistry – branch of chemistry that involves the study of the reactions and components on the immune system.
* Medicinal chemistry – discipline at the intersection of chemistry, especially synthetic organic chemistry, and pharmacology and various other biological specialties, where they are involved with design, chemical synthesis and development for market of pharmaceutical agents (drugs).
* Pharmacology – branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action.
* Natural product chemistry – chemical compound or substance produced by a living organism - found in nature that usually has a pharmacological or biological activity for use in pharmaceutical drug discovery and drug design.
* Neurochemistry – specific study of neurochemicals, which include neurotransmitters and other molecules such as neuro-active drugs that influence neuron function.
Computational chemistry – branch of chemistry that uses principles of computer science to assist in solving chemical problems.
* Chemo-informatics – use of computer and informational techniques, applied to a range of problems in the field of chemistry.
* Molecular mechanics – uses Newtonian mechanics to model molecular systems.
Flavor chemistry – someone who uses chemistry to engineer artificial and natural flavors.
Flow chemistry – chemical reaction is run in a continuously flowing stream rather than in batch production.
Geochemistry – study of the mechanisms behind major geological systems using chemistry * Aqueous geochemistry – study of the role of various elements in watersheds, including copper, sulfur, mercury, and how elemental fluxes are exchanged through atmospheric-terrestrial-aquatic interactions * Isotope geochemistry – study of the relative and absolute concentrations of the elements and their isotopes using chemistry and geology * Ocean chemistry – studies the chemistry of marine environments including the influences of different variables.
* Organic geochemistry – study of the impacts and processes that organisms have had on Earth * Regional, environmental and exploration geochemistry – study of the spatial variation in the chemical composition of materials at the surface of the Earth  Inorganic chemistry – branch of chemistry concerned with the properties and behavior of inorganic compounds.
Nuclear chemistry – subfield of chemistry dealing with radioactivity, nuclear processes and nuclear properties.
* Radiochemistry – chemistry of radioactive materials, where radioactive isotopes of elements are used to study the properties and chemical reactions of non-radioactive isotopes (often within radiochemistry the absence of radioactivity leads to a substance being described as being inactive as the isotopes are stable).
Organic chemistry – study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation (by synthesis or by other means) of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives.
* Petrochemistry – branch of chemistry that studies the transformation of crude oil (petroleum) and natural gas into useful products or raw materials.
Organometallic chemistry – study of chemical compounds containing bonds between carbon and a metal.
Photochemistry – study of chemical reactions that proceed with the absorption of light by atoms or molecules..
Physical chemistry – study of macroscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems in terms of physical laws and concepts.
* Chemical kinetics – the study of rates of chemical processes.
* Chemical thermodynamics – study of the interrelation of heat and work with chemical reactions or with physical changes of state within the confines of the laws of thermodynamics.
* Electrochemistry – branch of chemistry that studies chemical reactions which take place in a solution at the interface of an electron conductor (a metal or a semiconductor) and an ionic conductor (the electrolyte), and which involve electron transfer between the electrode and the electrolyte or species in solution.
* Femtochemistry – Femtochemistry is the science that studies chemical reactions on extremely short timescales, approximately 10−15 seconds (one femtosecond, hence the name).
* Mathematical chemistry – area of research engaged in novel applications of mathematics to chemistry; it concerns itself principally with the mathematical modeling of chemical phenomena.
* Mechanochemistry – coupling of the mechanical and the chemical phenomena on a molecular scale and includes mechanical breakage, chemical behaviour of mechanically-stressed solids (e.g., stress-corrosion cracking), tribology, polymer degradation under shear, cavitation-related phenomena (e.g., sonochemistry and sonoluminescence), shock wave chemistry and physics, and even the burgeoning field of molecular machines.
* Physical organic chemistry – study of the interrelationships between structure and reactivity in organic molecules.
* Quantum chemistry – branch of chemistry whose primary focus is the application of quantum mechanics in physical models and experiments of chemical systems.
* Sonochemistry – study of the effect of sonic waves and wave properties on chemical systems.
* Stereochemistry – study of the relative spatial arrangement of atoms within molecules.
* Supramolecular chemistry – area of chemistry beyond the molecules and focuses on the chemical systems made up of a discrete number of assembled molecular subunits or components.
* Thermochemistry – study of the energy and heat associated with chemical reactions and/or physical transformations.
Phytochemistry – strict sense of the word the study of phytochemicals.
Polymer chemistry – multidisciplinary science that deals with the chemical synthesis and chemical properties of polymers or macromolecules.
Solid-state chemistry – study of the synthesis, structure, and properties of solid phase materials, particularly, but not necessarily exclusively of, non-molecular solids  Multidisciplinary fields involving chemistry * Chemical biology – scientific discipline spanning the fields of chemistry and biology that involves the application of chemical techniques and tools, often compounds produced through synthetic chemistry, to the study and manipulation of biological systems.
* Chemical engineering – branch of engineering that deals with physical science (e.g., chemistry and physics), and life sciences (e.g., biology, microbiology and biochemistry) with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms.
* Chemical oceanography – study of the behavior of the chemical elements within the Earth's oceans.
* Chemical physics – branch of physics that studies chemical processes from the point of view of physics.
* Materials science – interdisciplinary field applying the properties of matter to various areas of science and engineering.
* Nanotechnology – study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale * Oenology – science and study of all aspects of wine and winemaking except vine-growing and grape-harvesting, which is a subfield called viticulture.
* Spectroscopy – study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy * Surface science – Surface science is the study of physical and chemical phenomena that occur at the interface of two phases, including solid–liquid interfaces, solid–gas interfaces, solid–vacuum interfaces, and liquid-gas interfaces.