Chemistry

Though people selling alternatives to science will use labels like "chemical-free", that is not really the case. Our world is entirely chemical. 'Chemical' has simply been turned into a bad word in 'if I cannot pronounce it, it mus ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2015 - 11:32am

GMO Soybean Oil Is Healthier Than Organic Or Conventional

Soybean oil accounts for more than 90 percent of all the seed oil production in the United States and genetically modified (GM) soybean oil, obviously made from seeds of GM soybean plants, was recently introduced into the food supply with the benefit that ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2015 - 4:08pm

Obesity Rates Can Be Determined By Analyzing Sewage

By Brian Owens, Inside Science (Inside Science)-- Sampling the waste in a city's sewage system can be a good way to study the microbes that live in the population's guts – and could even offer a way to monitor public health issues such as obesit ...

Article - Inside Science - Mar 9 2015 - 9:00am

LECs- Competitor To LEDs Could Soon Have A Better Lifespan

Lighting technology is in a state of change. Incandescent bulbs, which have been around forever, have been banned in the United States but the heavily-subsidized replacement, compact fluorescent bulbs, run the risk of mercury poisoning if they break and ha ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2015 - 10:10am

PolySTAT: Injectable Plastic Finds Wound And Stops You From Bleeding Out

A new injectable polymer called PolySTAT strengthens blood clots and that means that soldiers who might otherwise die from uncontrolled bleeding before reaching a surgical hospital could be saved. Likewise for civilian traumas. A tourniquet won't st ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2015 - 2:29pm

Celiac Disease And Allergies: Cooking Pasta May Change Proteins In Wheat

Researchers trying to understand why some people have more severe wheat-related health problems than others, and with different products, have found new clues in how the grain's proteins, including gluten, change when cooked and digested. Gianfranco ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2015 - 11:22am

Hydrazine Speculation Can End: It's Not In Snus, Snuff Or Chewing Tobacco

Hydrazine was reported once in a limited sample of cigarette tobacco and tobacco smoke over 40 years ago[1] but ever since then it has been assumed as fact that hydrazine must be present in smokeless tobacco products as well, without anyone actually examin ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 17 2015 - 8:30am

Buckybombs- Buckminsterfullerene To Detonate Cancer Cells

In 1996, the Nobel Prize for Chemistry went to the discoverers of Buckminsterfullerene; soccer-ball-shaped spheres of 60 joined carbon atoms that exhibit special physical properties colloquially called Buckyballs. It was only a time before someone found a ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2015 - 3:15pm

New Wastewater Purification Process Boosts Removal Of Medical Contaminants

Our bodies do not absorb all of the medicines we might take, some are excreted and though the impact individually is minor, over time and in a large population, there are concerns that such medical waste will lead to issues like antibiotic resistance. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2015 - 10:40am

BPA Experiment Affects Reproduction In Future Generations Of Fish

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical that is used in a variety of consumer products, such as water bottles, dental composites and resins used to line metal food and beverage containers. Often, aquatic environments such as rivers and streams become reservoirs f ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 29 2015 - 1:14pm