Chemistry
- Nobel Prize In Chemistry: Beating Nature’s Limits To Build Super-microscopes
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Winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry: Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and William Moerner. Credit: Matt Staley, HHMI / Bernd Schuller, Max-Planck-Institut / K. Lowder By Mark Lorch, University of Hull Robert Hooke was a pioneer of microscopy, when back in the ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 8 2014 - 7:00pm
- How Effective Are 'Natural' Bed Bug Pesticides?
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People concerned about human-insecticide exposure have stimulated interest in alternative bed bug control materials, including oil-based pesticides and detergent insecticides. But how well do they work? Researchers from Rutgers University evaluated the ef ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 12 2014 - 10:48am
- Olive, Corn, Soybean Or Sunflower Oil- The Science Answer As To What Is Best For Frying
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Frying in oil is one of the world's most popular ways to prepare food — chicken and French-fried potatoes are staples but even candy bars and whole turkeys have joined the list of deep-friend goodness. Lots of oil make health claims but there is a w ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2014 - 12:29pm
- Hand Sanitizers Increase BPA Levels From Cash Register Receipts
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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. It is also used in thermal paper cash register receipts and a new paper f ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2014 - 4:51pm
- 4 Things Needed To Make The Perfect Cup Of Coffee
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There are four factors to making the perfect cup of coffee. Credit: Andy Ciordia /Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND By Don Brushett It’s hard to get a bad coffee these days. Plenty of baristas have fine-tuned the process of making espresso, but really there are only a ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 27 2014 - 9:07am
- Marangoni Effect: Why Your Future GPS Could Be Chemistry
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Researchers on an international team recently showed a way to quickly and reliably find the fastest way through a city maze. But rather than using a satellite navigation system, they used chemistry. It needs a little work before UPS can use it, since the c ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 27 2014 - 11:26am
- The Organic Smog And Ozone Created By Cleaning Your House
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An organic compound called limonene provides the pleasant smell of cleaning products and air fresheners but some byproducts of these sweet-smelling compounds could be adding to the air while they remove germs and odors. By cleaning your house, you could b ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2014 - 1:49pm
- QACs In Household Disinfectants Impair Mouse Fertility
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I'll have a clean cage with a side of fertility issues. Mouse image via www.shutterstock.com By Anne-Marie Hodge, University of Wyoming ...
Article - The Conversation - Nov 11 2014 - 8:00am
- Laundry Detergent Pods And Poison Risk
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Laundry detergent pods became popular 2010, because they are more precise than liquids or powder. Are they more dangerous than liquids or powder? ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2014 - 9:02am
- Organic At Your Own Risk: Whole Foods Almonds Contain Hydrogen Cyanide
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning Whole Foods customers not to consume a line of organic raw almonds due to elevated levels of hydrogen cyanide (prussic acid/formonitrile- chemical formula HCN). Hydrogen cyanide is a natural toxic chem ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 12 2014 - 3:08pm
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