Chemistry

Exposure To BPA – It’s Not What Some People Think

Both the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have recently released assessments that strongly support the safety of bisphenol A (BPA).   ...

Article - Steve Hentges - Jan 29 2015 - 12:06pm

Love At First Smell: Maybe Pheromones Can Get You A Date This Weekend

With Valentine's Day this weekend, we will be treated to articles called things 'the science of kissing', 'the science of love', 'the science of attraction'- you name it and someone in the social sciences is capitalizing ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 9 2015 - 10:58am

Toxic Cloud In Spain Caused By Rocket Fuel

Toxic Cloud In Spain Caused By Rocket Fuel A toxic orange cloud hanging over Igualada was caused when two chemicals being delivered to the Simar S.A. storage facility were accidentally mixed. ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 12 2015 - 11:51pm

Molten Wax, Cool Liquid Baths- Science Is A Lot Sexier Than Fifty Shades Of Grey

A new research project looked at how to create various non-spherical particles.  Non-spherical particles have a great deal of potential uses in industry because associated with their different shapes are properties such as large surface areas, high packing ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 14 2015 - 11:49am

Synthetic Or Botanical? What's The Best Mosquito Repellant?

For exposed skin, there really isn’t an alternative to topical insect repellents. LoloStock Mosquitoes need blood to survive. And what better place to get a good meal than a slow, tasty human? ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 19 2015 - 9:00am

Emulsifiers Promote Obesity And Colitis In Mice

Emulsifiers, which are added to processed foods to aid texture and extend shelf life, can alter the gut microbiota composition and localization to induce intestinal inflammation in mice that promotes the development of inflammatory bowel disease and metabo ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2015 - 1:51pm

Why Seashells' Mineral Forms Differently In Seawater

For almost a century, scientists have been puzzled by a process that is crucial to much of the life in Earth's oceans: Why does calcium carbonate, the tough material of seashells and corals, sometimes take the form of calcite, and at other times form ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 4 2015 - 9:30am

Green Products Are No Less Toxic

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