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Hackers were far more likely to go after Windows-based systems than Mac simply because hardly anyone had a Mac until recently

WM products let you record, monitor Internet video Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor | July 6, 2012
VideoClone

The Chemistry of Fireworks American Chemical Society | July 3, 2012
Pyrotechnically Speaking For your Fourth of July fun and fascination

Hanoi Jane Fonda strips in high def, but better things are coming Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor | June 30, 2012
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad; The Avengers; Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy; E.T.: the Extraterrestrial and the 50th Anniversary of Dr. No

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Most new pesticides have roots in natural substances American Chemical Society | June 27, 2012
Humanity’s battle of the bugs

The nanoscale production units

Ancient effect harnessed to produce electricity from waste heat American Chemical Society | June 27, 2012
The pyroelectric effect

Why some foods taste good together

The coating is even more water-repellent than car wax or Teflon

Simple new way to clean traces of impurities from drug ingredients American Chemical Society | June 20, 2012
Mixing the particles in a drug solution contaminated with acrolein for 20 minutes resulted in removal of nearly 98 percent of the genotoxic impurities (GTI)

More clean power without large increases in the amount of material needed for construction or fuel needed for transportation.

Sun exposure can lead not only to sunburn and skin cancer, but premature aging

Makes cheaper detergents better than expensive detergents for washing purposes

Ancient effect harnessed to produce electricity from waste heat American Chemical Society | June 13, 2012
The researchers made nanowires out of zinc oxide, a compound added to paints, plastics, electronics and even food

Levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes for antibiotic resistance in fields and orchards irrigated with freshwater and TWW were essentially identical

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance on Blu-ray disc Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor | June 8, 2012
A contemporary story which involves Christianity but which doesn't insult or make fun of the religion and its practitioners. And how rare is that these days?

This development offers the promise of cell phones, laptops, cars and other products with self-repairing, longer-lasting surfaces

Antidote for cocaine overdose shows promise in lab tests American Chemical Society | June 6, 2012
Cocaine passive vaccine

Mold contamination of homes, especially after water damage from storms and floods, is an ongoing concern

Sulfuric acid is known to appear in recovered wooden marine archaeological treasures and can threaten their existence

New look and focus for American Chemical Society Pressroom Blog American Chemical Society | June 4, 2012
Four new categories featured

John Carter mars Hollywood’s bottom line, but the Blu-ray’s good Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor | June 2, 2012
The film looks and sounds great, and the Blu-ray is up to snuff

“Kroll Ontrack can successfully address any and all Apple data recovery situations, ensuring users have access to the data they want and need.”


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Old herbicides enlisted in new “war on the weeds” American Chemical Society | May 23, 2012
Glyphosate

Real-life scientific tail of the first “electrified snail” American Chemical Society | May 23, 2012
The long-lasting enzymes could generate electricity again and again after the scientists fed and rested what they termed the “electrified” snail

New process would make anti-malarial drug less costly American Chemical Society | May 23, 2012

Beetle-infested trees release up to 20 times more VOCs than healthy trees near the ground surface

Canadian TV may get quieter after CRTC’s issuing of new rules Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor | May 11, 2012
Yeah, run to the government for a solution. That's the Canadian way.

Minerals being mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and sold to underwrite political militias

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