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Don’t sweat it: how to find an effective deodorant
The Guardian via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoI had to admit I needed help, so I asked experts: why is finding a good deodorant so hard? Deodorants and antiperspirants - what is the difference?...
You Can Thank This Chemist and His "Poison Squad" for Food Safety in the U.S.
Scientific American· 3 days agoFood adulteration and the use of harmful ingredients were not even illegal because there were no...
Bird flu, raw milk debate converge
The Hill· 3 hours agoRaw dairy products are legal to buy in 14 states while few legal barrier to accessing it exist in most other states. Proponents argue pasteurization robs...
Element from the periodic table’s far reaches coaxed into elusive compound
Nature· 3 days agoChemists achieve synthetic feat with radioactive promethium for the first time.
Chemist developing method to recycle more plastics
Science Daily· 3 days agoGlobal plastic production has increased from 2 million tons in 1950 to 360 million tons in 2018, and about 50% of that plastic becomes trash after a single use. To improve recycling rates, Kevin ...
Chemists Chase ‘Clean’ Ammonia to Replace Shipping Fuel
Scientific American· 5 days agoAmmonia production is a carbon-intensive process that uses fossil fuels to make the pungent-smelling...
The original 'Mr. Eclipse:' How a 19th-century astronomer calculated the dates of over 13,000...
Space via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoFrom medicine to astronomy Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia on Oct. 26, 1841, Oppolzer's father,...
Jefferson Middle students head to national You Be the Chemist competition
Midland Daily News· 4 days agoEighth-graders Raymond Chai, Sydney Ma and Emma Huang, along with sixth-grader Elliot LeClair, won...
Princess Diana’s hairdresser reveals why she wore emerald and diamond necklace as headband
The Independent US via AOL· 1 day ago“[After] eight weeks, nobody noticed!” Princess Diana dances with Prince Charles while wearing a...
Pope Francis tells 60 Minutes in rare interview: "the globalization of indifference is a very ugly...
CBS News· 5 days agoFrancis is the first pope from the Americas, the first of his name, and more than any other pope in...