Chemistry

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

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

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

Is Honey More Toxic Than Table Sugar?

A new study finds that fructose is bad.  Biologists who fed mice sugar in doses proportional to what many people eat found that the ratio of fructose and glucose in high-fructose corn syrup was more toxic than than random variations found in sucrose (tabl ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2015 - 9:30am

Hate BPA? Scared Of BPS? Chitosan May Be Your Food Packaging Of The Future

Bisphenol A, known as BPA, is in the middle of an environmental culture war and a hurriedly-rushed replacement, Bisphenol S (BPS), is just as big a concern. We need plastic, food items are covered in plastic to make them last longer and protect them from ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2015 - 11:59am

Physics Or Chemistry? Does Dust Create The Seeds Of Precipitation In Clouds?

Image:  Jeff Kubina via flickr, CC BY   BY Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Inside Science   (Inside Science)-- Showers fall to Earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet or hail. But high in the clouds, water molecules often begin to come together as tiny ice crystals tha ...

Article - Inside Science - Jan 12 2015 - 9:00am

Alternative Milk: Are You Pouring Unnatural Additives On Your Cereal?

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Article - The Conversation - Jan 14 2015 - 10:22pm

Bisphenol A And Hyperactivity: A Fishy Story

By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology at University of Adelaide. A paper has just been released that will raise health concerns about Bisphenol A again. The paper, “ Low-dose exposure to bisphenol A and replacement bisphenol S induces precociou ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 16 2015 - 11:57am

Is There A Difference In Nutrient Uptake Between Oranges And Orange Juice?

It's become a fad for nutritionists to claim that oranges are better than orange juice, and they list numerous reasons- from added sugar in juice to better uptake of carotenoids, flavonoids and Vitamin C in whole oranges. But how different are they? U ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 21 2015 - 4:56pm

Vinyl Mattress Covers- Phthalate Emissions Increase With Heat

Phthalates are chemicals that increase the softness and flexibility of plastic.  Due to concerns about potential health problems, the US government has permanently banned three types of phthalates (DEHP, DBP, BBP)1 in any amount greater than 0.1 percent f ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 21 2015 - 1:47pm