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Catalogue of shop in Nantwich, Cheshire reveals 'treatments' using everything from quicksilver and arsenic to 'oil of ...

Dissolved Organic Matter is a mysterious and still largely unidentified combination of substances that is thought to be ...

If we're looking for life as we don't know it, the best solvent out there may be concentrated sulfuric acid — the stuff that's floating around in the clouds of Venus.

Studies reveal that the air inside our homes is more polluted than the air outdoors, and a portion of these toxins come from ...

Emulsions are a critical element in tons of sauces, dressings, desserts, and more. What specific purpose do they serve, and ...

The approach to what is now labeled “regenerative agriculture” is leading to a better return on the couple's farm investment ...

Porton Down’s archive was opened up for a study into the health of the human volunteers in the nerve agent testing programme.

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My fellow mattress experts and I visited the 3Z factory in Arizona and got a behind-the-scenes look at the secret ...

The work could be a step toward understanding the effects behind the phenomenon of static electricity, in which electric charge accumulates on materials after they are rubbed or touched together.

The company has massive low-carbon methanol projects in the works in Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, the US, and Tasmania. The cost ...