Science-Technology
Green plants reduce urban air pollution 8x more than expected
By American Chemical Society | September 12, 2012
New American Chemical Society Podcast
London Olympics anti-doping labs set for first-of-a-kind repurposing
By American Chemical Society | September 5, 2012
Phenome centers
Discovering new uses for old drugs
By American Chemical Society Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy, Ph.D. | September 5, 2012
“Train-Match-Fit-Streamline”
Galileo didn’t invent thermometer that bears his name
By American Chemical Society Peter Loyson, Ph.D. | September 5, 2012
When a sphere floats midway up the tube, it represents the temperature of the room
Powerful new explosive could replace today’s state-of-the-art military explosive
By American Chemical Society Adam J. Matzger, Ph.D. | September 5, 2012
Stable and resistant to accidental detonation as HMX
Warning on deterioration of famous Swedish warship, Vasa
By American Chemical Society Ingela Bjurhager, Ph.D. | August 29, 2012
At its worst, the wood had weakened as much as 80 percent.
Adobe’s Creative Suite CS6 a powerful package
By Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor | August 25, 2012
Adobe's Master Collection
Netflix: the electric car of home entertainment?
By Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor | August 17, 2012
A dynamite idea with terrific potential that's saddled currently with technology that can't do it justice.
Marilyn Monroe hits high definition
By Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor | August 10, 2012
Bit of a mixed bag, but with far more good than bad.
Back-to-the-future process yields “miracle wood”
By American Chemical Society | August 8, 2012
Acetylation technology has been available for more than a century
Curiosity is equipped to perform several chemical processes
Most new pesticides have roots in natural substances
By American Chemical Society Charles L. Cantrell, Ph.D. | July 25, 2012
More natural products were registered as NAIs for conventional pesticides and biopesticides than any other type of ingredient
The first robot that mimics the water striders’ jumping abilities
By American Chemical Society Qinmin Pan, Ph.D. | July 25, 2012
The group made a robot that could leap more than 5.5 inches, despite weighing as much as 1,100 water striders
Cutting-edge research that has had far-reaching implications for many areas of science
Ooma could offer you a way to save some coin and still get a fully featured phone service
Manufacturers are looking for more reliable sources of these ingredients
The product has helped me use whatever talents I have for design and layout and exploit them to the best of my abilities
White rot fungus boosts ethanol production from corn stalks, cobs and leaves
By American Chemical Society Yebo Li, Ph.D. | July 11, 2012
Corn ethanol supplies are facing a crunch because corn is critical for animal feed and food.
Widespread exposure to BPA substitute is occurring from cash register receipts, other paper
By American Chemical Society Kurunthachalam Kannan, Ph.D. | July 11, 2012
The study detected BPS in all the receipt paper they tested, 87 percent of the samples of paper currency and 52 percent of recycled paper
Toward new drugs for the human and non-human cells in people
By American Chemical Society Liping Zhao, Ph.D. | July 11, 2012
“This superorganism view of the human body provides a complete new systems concept for managing human health at the clinically relevant whole body level"
Apple Quietly Drops Claims that Macs Don’t Get Viruses
By Warner Todd Huston | July 9, 2012
Hackers were far more likely to go after Windows-based systems than Mac simply because hardly anyone had a Mac until recently
VideoClone
The Chemistry of Fireworks
By American Chemical Society | July 3, 2012
Pyrotechnically Speaking For your Fourth of July fun and fascination
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad; The Avengers; Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy; E.T.: the Extraterrestrial and the 50th Anniversary of Dr. No
ChiliTechnology
Most new pesticides have roots in natural substances
By American Chemical Society Charles L. Cantrell, Ph.D. | June 27, 2012
Humanity’s battle of the bugs
A step toward minute factories that produce medicine inside the body
By American Chemical Society Daniel G. Anderson, Ph.D. | June 27, 2012
The nanoscale production units
The pyroelectric effect
Why some foods taste good together
Beyond stain-resistant: New fabric coating actively shrugs off gunk
By American Chemical Society Tong Lin, Ph.D. | June 20, 2012
The coating is even more water-repellent than car wax or Teflon

