Emails: BP knew of flare issues – Houston Chronicle
GALVESTON - With the world focused on a BP rig explosion in the spring of 2010 that caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history, a massive release of pollutants from the company's Texas City refinery...
View ArticleSuicidal termites use chemical weapons to defend colony – life – 26 July 2012...
When their teeth are too blunt to be of use, ageing termites defend their territory by detonating explosive backpacks Continue reading →
View ArticleTriclosan, A Chemical Used in Antibacterial Soaps, is Found to Impair Muscle...
In a new study, the chemical inhibited muscle activity in individual human heart cells, mice and minnows Continue reading →
View ArticleMicrowave laser fulfills 60 years of promise: Nature News & Comment
Physicists build first practical maser. Continue reading →
View ArticleObama warns Syria against using chemical or biological weapons – latimes.com
Obama says, 'That's a red line for us... there would be enormous consequences' if Bashar Assad appeared to be preparing to use poison gas or biological weapons. Continue reading →
View ArticleBig Chem, Big Harm? – NYTimes.com
Chemicals in everything from canned food to A.T.M. receipts could affect you, your children and your children’s children. Continue reading →
View ArticleExclusive Brethren GP banned for prescribing gay ‘cure’
Exclusive Brethren GP banned for prescribing gay 'cure' Continue reading →
View ArticleSimple reaction makes the building blocks of a nucleic acid
Original post on arstechnica.com → Comments on reddit.com →
View ArticleMonsanto found guilty of chemical poisoning in landmark case
Monsanto found guilty of chemical poisoning in landmark case Continue reading →
View ArticleA Simple Fix for Farming
An ignored but hugely important study shows that we can grow food on a large scale, profitably, with far fewer chemicals. Continue reading →
View ArticleToxicology: The learning curve: Nature News – Comment
Researchers say that some chemicals have unexpected and potent effects at very low doses — but regulators aren't convinced. Continue reading →
View ArticleNew injectable gels toughen up after entering the body
These more durable gels could find applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering. Continue reading →
View ArticleChemical soup clouds connection between toxins and poor health: Nature News –...
Toxicologist Linda Birnbaum has tried to put sound science at the center of debates over chemical regulation. Continue reading →
View ArticleStop giving chemicals a bad name, says Royal Institution Christmas lecturer –...
Dr Peter Wothers says the word 'chemicals' is being misused to mean something harmful or unnatural Continue reading →
View ArticleCong’s draft proposes 30 yrs, chemical castration
Cong's draft proposes 30 yrs, chemical castration - The Congress party is firming up a draft Bill on tackling crimes against women for submission to the Justice Verma Committee. Continue reading →
View ArticleEngineered bacteria make fuel from sunlight
Chemists at the University of California, Davis, have engineered blue-green algae to grow chemical precursors for fuels and plastics -- the first step in Continue reading →
View ArticleInsecticide ‘unacceptable’ danger to bees, report finds – Environment
Campaigners say the conclusion by the European Food Safety Authority is a 'death knell' for neonicotinoid pesticides Continue reading →
View ArticleTriclosan: Anti-bacterial soaps called useless, potentially dangerous
Environmental groups and politicians are calling on the federal government to review a common anti-microbial ingredient called triclosan that is found in dozens of consumer products and has been linked...
View ArticleMonsanto guilty of chemical poisoning in France
LYON/PARIS (Reuters) - A French court on Monday declared U.S. biotech giant Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, a judgment that could lend weight to other health claims against...
View ArticlePhotosynthesis Caught in Action – Biology
Researchers look for the first time at the structure and chemical behavior of a natural catalyst involved in photosynthesis. Continue reading →
View ArticleCivil engineering: Concrete, heal thyself!
IT’S useful stuff, concrete, but it does have drawbacks. One of the biggest is that it is not as weatherproof as the stone it often substitutes. Salt and ice... Continue reading →
View ArticleNASA Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited for Ancient Life on Mars
An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. Continue reading →
View ArticleExxonMobil spills chemicals in Louisiana while cleaning spilled oil in Arkansas
ExxonMobil won't say precisely what chemicals it spilled in Louisiana -- maybe because it's too busy keeping journalists away from another oil-oopsie in Arkansas. Continue reading →
View ArticleSee-through brains clarify connections: Nature News – Comment
Technique to make tissue transparent offers three-dimensional view of neural networks. Continue reading →
View ArticleDead dolphins and shrimp with no eyes found after BP clean-up – Nature –...
Hundreds of beached dolphin carcasses, shrimp with no eyes, contaminated fish, ancient corals caked in oil and some seriously unwell people are among the legacies that scientists are still uncovering...
View ArticleMerely a Taste of Beer Can Trigger a Rush of Chemical Pleasure in the Brain –...
New research shows just a sip can cause the potent neurotransmitter dopamine to flood the brain Continue reading →
View ArticleTexas fertilizer company didn’t heed disclosure rules before blast
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The fertilizer plant that exploded on Wednesday, obliterating part of a small Texas town and killing at least 14 people, had last year been storing 1,350 times the amount of...
View ArticleBBC News – Bee deaths: EU to ban neonicotinoid pesticides
A vote in the EU means the European Commission will ban pesticides linked to bee deaths in scientific studies. Continue reading →
View ArticleNew mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, captures CO2
(Phys.org) —North Carolina State University researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon...
View ArticleThe Chemical Imbalance Myth – Devil in the Data
Very few countries allow direct-to-consumer advertising by drug companies, but in those that do (New Zealand, Canada, and the U.S.), the medicine-buying public has been brainwashed to believe that...
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