chemistry

How Ordinary People Can Help Ailing Oceans

By John Hawthorne / MoBox Marine Dec 20, 2017 The more acidic our oceans become, the harder it is for sea life to survive. As sea life dies off, entire ecosystems will begin to collapse, resulting in other ecosystems collapsing. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘Daring’ Synthesis Builds Hundreds of Antibiotics From Scratch

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2016 Chemists searching for ways to overcome antibiotic-resistant bacteria have generated more than 300 variations of a drug that has long been a cornerstone of medical treatment. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Scientists Create Magnetic Soap to Cope With Oil Spills

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2012 Researchers have invented a kind of soap that can be magnetically corralled to help clean up toxic spills. The feat is accomplished by infusing more mundane suds with tiny iron particles that join together and react to magnets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Your Periodic Table Is Missing an Element

Staff / Truthdig Apr 8, 2010 Call it Element 117, for now. An international team of scientists was able to generate six atoms of the stuff for a few millionths of a second -- long enough to add one new element to the periodic table. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Pushes Math and Science? Oh, Please…

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2006 The president may be urging algebra and chemistry on high-schoolers, but his administration can't run away from the chilling effect it has had on scientific inquiry For example, a young presidential appointee at NASA ordered Web designers to append the word "theory" after every mention of the Big Bang (scroll half-way down the article)Wanna know what it takes to become a NASA spokesman? Well, it doesn't hurt to write columns linking Saddam to Al Qaeda, or insisting that Rumsfeld had nothing to do with the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandals. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )