Chemistry

LECs- Competitor To LEDs Could Soon Have A Better Lifespan

Lighting technology is in a state of change. Incandescent bulbs, which have been around forever, have been banned in the United States but the heavily-subsidized replacement, compact fluorescent bulbs, run the risk of mercury poisoning if they break and ha ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2015 - 10:10am

PolySTAT: Injectable Plastic Finds Wound And Stops You From Bleeding Out

A new injectable polymer  called PolySTAT strengthens blood clots and that means that  soldiers who might otherwise die from uncontrolled bleeding before reaching a surgical hospital could be saved. Likewise for civilian traumas. A tourniquet won't st ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2015 - 2:29pm

Celiac Disease And Allergies: Cooking Pasta May Change Proteins In Wheat

Researchers trying to understand why some people have more severe wheat-related health problems than others, and with different products, have found new clues in how the grain's proteins, including gluten, change when cooked and digested.  Gianfranco ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2015 - 11:22am

Hydrazine Speculation Can End: It's Not In Snus, Snuff Or Chewing Tobacco

Hydrazine was reported once in a limited sample of cigarette tobacco and tobacco smoke over 40 years ago[1] but ever since then it has been assumed as fact that hydrazine must be present in smokeless tobacco products as well, without anyone actually examin ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 17 2015 - 8:30am

Buckybombs- Buckminsterfullerene To Detonate Cancer Cells

In 1996, the Nobel Prize for Chemistry went to the discoverers of Buckminsterfullerene; soccer-ball-shaped spheres of 60 joined carbon atoms that exhibit special physical properties colloquially called Buckyballs. It was only a time before someone found a ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2015 - 3:15pm

New Wastewater Purification Process Boosts Removal Of Medical Contaminants

Our bodies do not absorb all of the medicines we might take, some are excreted and though the impact individually is minor, over time and in a large population, there are concerns that such medical waste will lead to issues like antibiotic resistance. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2015 - 10:40am

BPA Experiment Affects Reproduction In Future Generations Of Fish

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. Often, aquatic environments such as rivers and streams become reservoirs f ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 29 2015 - 1:14pm

Binding Pollutants In Water Using Adsorber Particles

In January of 2015 the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) lowered the threshold value for bisphenol A in packaging.  The scientific determination behind that is irrelevant at this point, the only times Europe backs off on bizarre science assertions are ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 26 2015 - 5:59pm

Do You Want A Salty Soft Drink?

Soft drinks are loaded with sugar because they need to be sweet. But why is sweetness the fundamental consideration? Some candies are sour and people love them. When did we become so polarized about sweet and salty? Some of it is just culture and so it wo ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 29 2015 - 12:48pm

Antibacterial Plastic: Just Add Egg Whites

Bioplastics are used in medical applications such as wound healing dressings, sutures, catheter tubes and drug delivery and bioplastics made from protein sources such as albumin and whey have shown significant antibacterial properties. They could even be u ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 28 2015 - 11:48am