Chemistry

Warm Ambient Fragrances Make Consumers Buy More

Do consumers make different choices based on the fragrance surrounding them?  If they do not, a billion dollar advertising segment would disappear. Studies have found, for example, that lavender is the fragrance of trust and groups are always working to im ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 21 2015 - 1:00pm

Soup From A Can Does Not Create Risk From BPA

Coating the mouth with foods stored in containers that used bisphenol A (BPA), like soup, does not lead to high levels of BPA in blood. BPA is used to make some plastics and to seal canned food containers against bacterial contamination. Food which picks u ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2015 - 4:24pm

Prevent Alzheimer's Disease By Drinking Beer?

Wine has gotten more than its share of Miracle Product mainstream media coverage so it's no surprise that beer has been left behind- smooth, balanced beers, the kind of thing that made large brands famous, are out of fashion and now everyone wants hop ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2015 - 5:20pm

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