What did we learn from the Deepwater Horizon disaster?
Sep 13, 2020 · Sept. 19 marks 10 years since retired US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the national incident commander in charge of the Deepwater Horizon response, announced that the spill was over. Although ...
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As nuclear waste piles up, scientists seek the best long-term …
Mar 30, 2020 · Scientists are studying glass samples to understand long-term corrosion of vitrified nuclear waste. These micrographs show the results of accelerated aging tests on two types of aluminosilicate ...
CRISPR genome editing gets 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Oct 9, 2020 · The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has gone to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”. That method, formally known as CRISPR-Cas9 ...
C&EN’s top 50 US chemical producers for 2021
May 10, 2021 · Avient2021 chemical sales: $1.5 billion. Avient is a new name for an old company, PolyOne. The company made the change last July, when it closed its purchase of Clariant's masterbatch business for ...
What’s in sunscreen, and how does it protect your skin from the …
Jul 21, 2021 · The active ingredients in sunscreens protect our skin by either absorbing or reflecting UV light. Currently, 16 sun-filtering ingredients are approved by the FDA. But sunscreen makers in the US ...
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What chemicals make airbags inflate, and how have they changed …
Nov 15, 2022 · Guanidinium nitrate is now the chemical of choice in airbags. Chemical systems are no longer the only technology used to inflate airbags. Coming full circle, some side-curtain airbags rely on ...
How peracetic acid is changing wastewater treatment
Apr 19, 2020 · Once a niche product, peracetic acid may soon challenge the dominance of chlorine in large swaths of the US wastewater treatment market. The global peracetic acid market was worth $650 million in ...