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What did we learn from the Deepwater Horizon disaster?
Sep 13, 2020 · The Deepwater Horizon blowout caused gas and oil to spill into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days. Ten years after this environmental disaster, scientists studying the spill better understand the ...
Climate change is destroying our coral reefs. Here’s how scientists ...
Feb 10, 2020 · Coral reefs and other marine ecosystems need all the help they can get. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, so far the oceans have taken up 90% of the excess heat generated ...
As nuclear waste piles up, scientists seek the best long-term …
Mar 30, 2020 · More than a quarter million metric tons of highly radioactive waste sits in storage near nuclear power plants and weapons production facilities worldwide, with over 90,000 metric tons in the US ...
How peracetic acid is changing wastewater treatment
Apr 19, 2020 · 16,000 municipal wastewater plants in the US treat 45 billion L of sewage each day. 90% of peracetic acid’s disinfection activity happens in the first minute. Peracetic acid is a stronger ...
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What’s in sunscreen, and how does it protect your skin from the …
Jul 21, 2021 · Everybody needs sunscreen, including people with dark skin. And we need a lot. For the average-sized adult or child, the US Food and Drug Administration recommends using at least a shot glass ...
C&EN’s top 50 US chemical producers for 2021
May 10, 2021 · Dow is once again the largest US chemical maker. In 2020, its first full year after splitting from DowDuPont, the company initiated a round of cost cutting, partly because of financial pressures ...
CRISPR genome editing gets 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Oct 9, 2020 · Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna share award. The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has gone to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome ...
Hispanic and Latino chemists you should know about
Sep 16, 2021 · Oswaldo Luiz Alves was among the first Brazilian scientists to develop, research, and teach nanotechnology. He worked at the Laboratory of Synthesis of Nanostructures and Interaction with ...