Take biomass-derived acetone—common nail polish remover—use light to upgrade it to higher-mass hydrocarbons, and, voila, you…
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NASA finds wind shear affected new Tropical Cyclone 09S
Tropical Cyclone 09S formed on Jan. 22 in the Southern Indian Ocean despite being affected by…
A megalibrary of nanoparticles
Using straightforward chemistry and a mix-and-match, modular strategy, researchers have developed a simple approach that could…
Chemicals in the environment: A focus on mixtures
Chemicals have improved our quality of life. But at the same time, they pose a considerable…
Stressed-out dust is sharing antibiotic resistance genes
Indoor dust is evolving—and not in a good way. Click here for original story,…
New insights about the brightest explosions in the Universe
Swedish and Japanese researchers have, after ten years, found an explanation to the peculiar emission lines…
California will be hit hard as Trump administration weakens clean water protections
Defying environmentalists and public health advocates, the Trump administration on Thursday will announce the replacement of…
Trump removes protections for waterways, aiding developers
The Trump administration is lifting protections for some of the nation’s millions of miles of streams,…
Racial discrimination in mortgage market persistent over last four decades
A new Northwestern University analysis finds that racial disparities in the mortgage market suggest that discrimination…
Book chronicles history of gender-neutral pronouns, from Shakespeare to email
Email signatures are almost as likely to include the preferred gender pronouns of the senders as…