Chemistry

Human Breast Milk Is The Most Complex Of All Mammals

Humans may have the most complex breast milk of all mammals. Milk from a human mother contains more than 200 different sugar molecules, way above the average 30-50 found in, for example, mouse or cow milk. The role of each of these sugars and why their co ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2016 - 12:20pm

Beware Honey: This Natural Compound In It Alters Hundreds Of Brain Genes

A range of diseases-- from diabetes to cardiovascular disease, and from Alzheimer's disease to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-- are linked to changes to genes in the brain, and a new study has found that hundreds of those genes can be damag ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2016 - 10:54am

Soy Shows Promise As Natural Anti-microbial Agent: Study

Soy isoflavones and peptides may inhibit the growth of microbial pathogens that cause food-borne illnesses, according to a new study from University of Guelph researchers. Soybean derivatives are already a mainstay in food products, such as cooking oils, ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2016 - 2:43pm

In Chemistry, 1 Minus 1 Doesn't Have To Equal 0

In the world of chemistry, one minus one almost always equals zero. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 27 2016 - 9:20am

Hazard Categorization Of Chemicals: Different Tools Provide Different Results

This month, the International Agency for Research on Cancer will issue another paper suggesting a chemical causes cancer- probably one of the compounds in coffee- and journalists will read what IARC actually claims about calculating risk and assume IARC ca ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2016 - 12:45pm

Keeping Fruit Fresh Without Refrigeration- Using Silk

Thanks to science and technology, food is no longer a luxury, it is a commodity. If anti-science groups spent less time scaring uneducated people and more time caring about humanity, there would be enough food to feed 10 billion people right now, just by ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2016 - 7:39am

Bending Hot Molecules In Extreme Environments

Hot molecules, which are found in extreme environments such as the edges of fusion reactors, are much more reactive than those used to understand reaction studies at ambient temperature. Detailed knowledge of their reactions is relevant for modeling nucle ...

Article - News Staff - May 19 2016 - 12:23pm

Succinic Acid From Wood Could Replace Oil In The Chemical Industry

While Greenpeace is using black hat tactics to take out companies that don't submit to their efforts at racketeering, the pro-science community recognizes that renewable wood could be used to replace oil. Much of te present-day chemical industry is b ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2016 - 11:32am

Weekend Science: Chill Coffee Beans For A Better Brew

In the lead up to the World Barista Championships, University of Bath scientists say brewing more flavorsome coffee could be as simple as chilling the beans before grinding. A team from the University working with renowned Bath coffee shop Colonna&Sma ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 17 2016 - 6:30am

Cost Doesn't Matter, Almost Half Of Popular Sunscreens Don't Offer Adequate Protection

Jessica Alba's "Honest" company has been criticized for being frauds but it's not alone. Though the variation in cost for sunscreen protection averages well over 3,000, the variation is protection is not very much. Like with organic fo ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2016 - 3:43pm