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Making cocaine in Colombia
This segment from the documentary "The Cocaine Route" shows the picking, mashing and eventual reduction of coca leaves into a raw form of cocaine powder. The head of the production outfit, Pablo, grinds up the leaves with a weed whacker, mixes in some cement and dissolves everything in petrol. It's a pretty interesting watch
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Biohackers Are Engineering Yeast to Make THC
The THC will be delivered via a patch, a topical cream, or in vaporizer or e-cigarette form.
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New organic, water-based batteries offer cheap, renewable energy
Not only are these batteries long-lasting and built from cheap, sustainably produced components, they'll make it more viable for power plants to use solar and wind energy.
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Bubble wrap used for cheap blood and bacteria tests
Pack it in, pricey lab gear. Bubble wrap can be a cheap, easy way to run a variety of tests on medical and environmental samples. Standardised and stackable, 96-well assay plates are the gold standard for running small sample diagnostics and simple liquid reaction tests in chemistry labs. But at $1 to $5 a piece, this can be too much for labs around the world with limited resources.
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Pesticide linked to three generations of disease: Methoxychlor causes epigenetic changes
Researchers say ancestral exposures to the pesticide methoxychlor may lead to adult onset kidney disease, ovarian disease and obesity in future generations.
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Lawn chemicals can stay in human body for "years, even decades"
The pesticides you use on your lawn to get rid of weeds and insects are part of a $10 billion-a-year industry. But some doctors are becoming more concerned about your exposure to those chemicals, CBS News correspondent Vinita Nair reports.
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Cause Found For Large Chemical Spill In West Virginia
Two holes in a chemical storage tank, and no formal inspections, left the city of Charleston without drinking water, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board reports
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Stop Buying Into the Antioxidant Myth
Plants have long been lauded for their health-promoting antioxidants. But recent research upends that thinking—broccoli is good for you precisely because it stresses your body.
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“O, Excellent Air Bag”: Humphry Davy and Nitrous Oxide
The summer of 1799 saw a new fad take hold in one remarkable circle of British society: the inhalation of “Laughing Gas”. The overseer and pioneer of these experiments was a young Humphry Davy, future President of the Royal Society. Mike Jay explores how Davy’s extreme and near-fatal regime of self-experimentation with the gas not only marked a new era in the history of science but a turn toward the philosophical and literary romanticism of the century to come.
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What Are Those Parabens Doing In My Tortilla?
When I invited people over for brunch not long ago, the last thing I expected was a wander into the murky world of food preservatives. It started off so simply — with enchiladas, in fact. Enchiladas are my go-to brunch dish, mostly because a little store near me stocks incredible tortillas from a local factory in Maryland called Moctec.
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Antiperspirants Alter Your Armpit Bacteria and Could Actually Make You Smell Worse
In modern society, antiperspirants are widely hailed as a godsend, dispelling the inconvenient odors wafting from armpits everywhere. But a new study casts doubts on their vaunted position. As it turns out, antiperspirants may actually make you smell worse in the long run.
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Colgate Total Ingredient Linked to Hormones, Cancer Spotlights FDA Process
The chemical triclosan has been linked to cancer-cell growth and disrupted development in animals. Regulators are reviewing whether it’s safe to put in soap, cutting boards and toys. Consumer companies are phasing it out. Minnesota voted in May to ban it in many products.
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Ice Cream Science
You're probably craving ice cream to cool you down this summer. Reactions looks at the chemistry involved in making the treat creamy and sweet.
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Catalytic Gold Nanoclusters Promise Rich Chemical Yields
Old thinking was that gold, while good for jewelry, was not of much use for chemists because it is relatively nonreactive. That changed a decade ago when scientists hit a rich vein of discoveries revealing that this noble metal, when structured into nanometer-sized particles, can speed up chemical reactions important in mitigating environmental pollutants and producing hard-to-make specialty chemicals.
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Propane made with renewable process for the first time
A gas which can power cars and heat homes has been made using a renewable process for the first time. Propane, which makes up the bulk component of liquefied natural gas (LPG), has previously only ever been produced from fossil fuels.
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Graphene paints a corrosion-free future
The surface of graphene, a one atom thick sheet of carbon, can be randomly decorated with oxygen to create graphene oxide; a form of graphene that could have a significant impact on the chemical, pharmaceutical and electronic industries. Applied as paint, it could provide an ultra-strong, non-corrosive ...
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A Lightweight Material for Building Better Planes and Batteries
Nanostructured ceramics could be used to build lighter, stronger airplanes and batteries.
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The Scary Element That Saved the Crew of Apollo 13
Plutonium may be the most feared and fearsome substance in the entire periodic table.
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Who's Afraid of Bromine?
As you read this article, you are probably surrounded by bromine - in the chair or sofa you are sitting on. In the carpet on your floor, the curtains at your window, perhaps even the walls of your house. And in the computer whose screen you are staring at.
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Denmark Scientists invented a New Material which can suck and release Oxygen in a room when needed.
Now you suddenly needed to vacuum all the oxygen from a room which caught fire and all you have to do is to place the "unnamed" material in the room and it will suck all the oxygen. Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark have synthesized crystalline materials that can bind and store oxygen in high concentrations. Just one spoon of the substance is enough to absorb all the oxygen in a room. The stored oxygen can be released again when and where it is needed.
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