Chemistry
- Fracking Chemicals No More Toxic Than Common Household Substances
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In hydraulic fracturing- fracking- a mixture of sand, water and chemicals is injected into deep wells to release fossil fuels. This has led to environmental corporation claims that the reduced emissions from natural gas are being offset environmentally by ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2014 - 3:01pm
- Microbicides That Target HIV Don't Work In Presence Of Semen
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In the fight against HIV, microbicides, which are chemical compounds applied topically to the female genital tract to protect against sexually transmitted infections, are touted as an alternative to condoms. There's just one problem. They don't ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2014 - 4:30pm
- The BPA Paradox – Too Many Studies?
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For many years, scientists around the world have been intensely interested in bisphenol A (BPA) ...
Article - Steve Hentges - Nov 20 2014 - 3:50pm
- Deep-Earth Carbon Could Have Sparked Origin Of Life On Earth
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New findings about carbon deep beneath the Earth's surface suggest it might have influenced the history of life on the planet- and diamonds. There is little understanding of how carbon behaved deep below the Earth's surface so researchers have c ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 21 2014 - 12:11pm
- Vermicompost Leachate: Liquid Earthworm Poop Improves Organic Tomato Growth
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Want to improve tomato crop yields without using more fertilizer? Try verimcompost leachate. That is a soil ameliorant, which is basically a fertilizer but made of an organic liquid produced by earthworm poop. If you are really organic, you can even make ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 21 2014 - 1:21pm
- Turn Sawdust Into Gasoline Additive
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Researchers using a new chemical process have converted the cellulose in sawdust into hydrocarbon chains, building blocks for gasoline. Cellulose is the main substance in plant matter and is present in all non-edible plant parts of wood, straw, grass, co ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 25 2014 - 10:55am
- Science Enters The Brown Versus White Bread Battle
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Dietary masochists say you should endure the most difficult brown bread imaginable because 1,000 years ago people had no choice. It's vaguely healthier, we are all told, though if you read more than a few epidemiology studies and saw the lack of metho ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 28 2014 - 10:00am
- The Changing World Of Perfume: Why Some Chemicals Are Being Removed
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Article - The Conversation - Nov 29 2014 - 3:00pm
- Science Of Structure: Why I’m Proud To Be A Crystallographer
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When looked at the right way, even cement can be beautiful. This is the crystal structure of tricalcium aluminate, a vital mineral in cement. By Helen Maynard-Casely, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation ...
Article - The Conversation - Dec 9 2014 - 11:18am
- Silica-Based Carbon-trapping 'Sponges' Can Cut Greenhouse Gases
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Current carbon capture schemes are not really ready for prime time, plagued by toxicity, corrosiveness and inefficiency, but a team of chemists have invented low-toxicity, highly effective carbon-trapping "sponges" that could lead to increased u ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 16 2014 - 1:08pm
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