Chemistry

How To Make Grilled Meats Better And Healthier- A Beer Marinade

Sausage experts know that the key to perfect meat is simmering in beer first- and in Science 2.0's definitive article on outdoor cooking, The Science Of Grilling, we learned that beer has multiple uses in cuisine, and an article in the Journal of Agr ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2015 - 5:19pm

4,000 Reasons To Love Chemistry- And That's Just In Whisky

If there is a pleasant, chemically-induced but culturally acceptable pastime, someone at U.C. Davis is probably studying it. They have one of my favorite beer scholars, Prof. Charles Bamforth, and are even setting up a coffee science group. Their nutrition ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 28 2014 - 4:30pm

Caribou Clear Coffee: No Color And Stain Free

Caribou Coffee, founded in 1992, says nationwide surveys show that the number one complaint of coffee-drinkers is the way it stains. Be it coffee rings to drips on white dress shirts to stains on teeth, a cup of coffee can start your day off right or ruin ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2014 - 11:30pm

Simulating Yeast Metabolism To Understand Changes During Wine Fermentation

Rubén Martínez, a graduate in Biology and Biochemistry at Elhuyar Fundazioa, and colleagues have developed a new methodology that makes it possible to know what physiological state the yeast is in at each point in the wine fermentation process.  This know ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2014 - 11:41am

Plastic, Heal Thyself

Self-healing materials can repair themselves by restoring their initial molecular structure after the damage and scientists from Evonik Industries and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a chemical crosslinking reaction that ensures good ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2014 - 11:49am

After The Blood Moon: Do Some Post-Apocalypse Science

Since the Blood Moon- whatever that is, it sounds Biblical- was last night, and it spells the beginning of our doom, according to a guy trying to sell some books, it's time to start prepping for the days of ultimate holy war. That means no more Southe ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 15 2014 - 3:33pm

Unstable Singlet Oxygen: A Stable Model For An Unstable Target

Singlet oxygen is an electronically excited state of oxygen that is less stable than normal oxygen. Its high reactivity has enabled its use in photodynamic therapy, in which light is used in combination with a photosensitizing drug to generate large amoun ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2014 - 10:44am

Antifungal Drug Amphotericin: Potent, Puzzling And Now Less Toxic To Humans

Invasive fungal infections kill about 1.5 million people in 3 million cases each year, more than are killed by malaria or tuberculosis. That half of the patients who enter a hospital with an invasive fungal infection in their blood die anyway makes it a m ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2014 - 6:30pm

Polyester- Now Made From Cork

On the scale of earth-friendly materials, most people don't think of polyester but scientists are figuring out how to extract a natural, waterproof, antibacterial version of it from...cork. Writing in  Biomacromolecules, Cristina Silva Pereira and co ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 16 2014 - 11:16am

Mantis Shrimp: Cool Eyes, And Stronger Than Airplanes

Inspired by the fist-like club of a mantis shrimp, researchers have developed a design structure for composite materials that is more impact resistant and tougher than the standard used in airplanes. The peacock mantis shrimp, or stomatopod, is a 4- to 6- ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2014 - 6:58pm