Chemistry

QACs In Household Disinfectants Impair Mouse Fertility

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

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

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

Fracking Chemicals No More Toxic Than Common Household Substances

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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