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New Form of Carbon is Stronger Than Graphene and Diamond
Chemists have calculated that chains of double or triple-bonded carbon atoms, known as carbyne, should be stronger and stiffer than any known material..
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Acetone and Styrofoam
The Acetone is not actually "dissolving" the Styrofoam. Here is what is happing. When styrofoam is placed in acetone, the long polymer strands are dissolved, releasing the trapped air and causing the structure to disintegrate.
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Climate change may disrupt vital ocean chemical cycles, study finds
Ocean warming will negatively impact plankton colonies, resulting in a rough climate change cycle.
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How Chemistry Can Explain the Difference Between Bourbon and a Tennessee Whiskey
Whiskey drinkers know that the moment they swirl a bit of the smoky spirit in their mouth, they’re bound to find a world of flavors: some oak, some smoke, a little vanilla, maybe a slight bite from tannin. Brown liquors — from scotch to bourbon and all the whiskeys in between — are complex spirits that lend themselves to purposeful tasting, creating connoisseurs willing to shell out top dollar for the most peaty scotch or their favorite spicy bourbon.
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New 'chemical brain drain' endangers the next generation
Having studied brain toxicity for 30 years, a professor of environmental medicine declares that enough is enough when it comes to dangerous compounds and our brains.
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How to Destroy a Chemical Weapon
The framework for ridding the world of Syria's chemical weapons may be tactical, but the challenge it poses is technological.
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Spelunking for Drugs
Cave exploration could help fight a major medical problem.
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Cassini probe sees plastic ingredient on Titan moon
The Cassini probe has detected propene, or propylene, on Saturn's moon Titan. On Earth, this molecule, which comprises three carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms, is a constituent of many plastics.
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Hormone Disruptors Rise from the Dead Like Zombies
Hormone-disrupting chemicals may be far more prevalent in lakes and rivers than previously thought. Environmental scientists have discovered that although these compounds are often broken down by sunlight, they can regenerate at night, returning to life like zombies.
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Scientists who took chemistry into cyberspace win Nobel Prize
Three U.S. scientists won the Nobel chemistry prize on Wednesday for pioneering work on computer programs that simulate complex chemical processes and have revolutionized research in areas from drugs to solar energy.
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Is This Chemical a Cure For Marijuana Addiction?
Recently, there’s been a bunch of research indicating marijuana isn’t the worst drug in the world—long-term use of it might not harm IQ, and it can serve as an effective way to distract people from chronic pain
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The Mist And Mystique Of Dry Ice
The short history of an ornery substance that never gets wet, but sure does get some heat.
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Chemists show life on Earth was not a fluke
How life came about from inanimate sets of chemicals is still a mystery. While we may never be certain which chemicals existed on prebiotic Earth, we can study the biomolecules we have today to give us clues about what happened three billion years ago.
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Was Brittany Murphy murdered?
Actress Brittany Murphy may have been murdered, a new toxicology report suggests. Murphy, 32, of Clueless fame, was found dead by her mother in her home in California on December 20, 2009. The Los Angeles Coroner originally attributed her death to pneumonia and anaemia.
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Flame Retardant in Your Mountain Dew? Yep
There’s flame retardant in your Mountain Dew. That soda with the lime-green hue (and other citrus-flavored bubbly pops) won’t keep your insides fireproof, but it does contain brominated vegetable oil, a patented flame retardant for plastics that has been banned in foods throughout Europe and in Japan.
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Why do people hate the word 'chemicals'?
Chemistry is everywhere in the world around us - so why are we so scared of it, asks Dr Mark Lorch.
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New photonic molecules are not unlike lightsabers
Scientists from Harvard and MIT have jointly demonstrated that, in specific conditions, photons can be made to interact with each other and form molecules. Such groupings of photons, dubbed “Photonic molecules”, constitute an entirely new form of matter, which until recently was purely theoretical. Combining the properties of light and those of solids, in terms of physics this new form of matter is not unlike a certain material that millions of Star Wars fans are already well familiar with..
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A beautiful but deadly liquid metal
Mercury is the quixotic bad boy of the periodic table - exquisitely beautiful, but deadly. The ancients believed it was the "first matter" from which all other metals were formed. Yet it is now in such disfavour that an international treaty exists to curb its use.
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Five Reasons Why You Should Probably Stop Using Antibacterial Soap
A few weeks ago, the FDA announced a bold new position on antibacterial soap: Manufacturers have to show that it’s both safe and more effective than simply washing with conventional soap and water, or they have to take it off the shelves in the next few years.
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This Is What LSD, Meth & Heroin Look Like Under A Microscope
Glamorized in film and readily available with just a few well placed phone calls and often with devastating long-term effects – drugs have the potential permeate every part of popular culture. But aside from crack pipes, packets of white power and syringes full of fluid what does the chemical composition of drugs look like?
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