In 1957, Edward Shapiro filed a patent for a novel type of 鈥渟elf-luminous paint.鈥� The concept was not new, luminous paints based on radioactive emissions from radium striking a phosphor such as...
I started losing respect for Novak Djokovic when I read about how he had concluded that he should adopt a gluten-free diet, long before the fiasco in Australia. Dr. Igor Cetojovic, a fellow Serb,...
Imagine you have been walking the aisles of your favourite bookstore for an hour, letting your gaze gaily hop from one spine to the next. You smell the ink and the paper. You hear the dulcet tones...
This is a term you will see on the ingredients list of numerous products ranging from margarine and shortening to chocolate bars. I鈥檝e been repeatedly asked about the presence of modified palm oil...
Like most chemists, I like to cook.聽聽After all, what is cooking but the appropriate mixing of chemicals?聽聽In the lab we use flasks and beakers, but how do we equip our kitchen?聽聽Tiffany's in New...
At one time it was used as an aftershave because of its sweet smell.聽聽It was even used to decaffeinate coffee.聽聽Oh my, how times change!聽聽Today we worry about a few parts per billion of benzene in...
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