The solvent dichloromethane, or DCM, is commonly used to strip paint and cut grease. It's also what generations of chemistry students have used to dissolve pain reliever tablets in a lab exercise ...

Curious about what happens when firecrackers meet a cigarette? Join us in this thrilling and educational experiment as we explore the explosive interactions between these everyday items. Learn about ...

According to the Department of Labor, more than 500,000 workers are employed in laboratories in the U.S. The laboratory environment can be a hazardous place to work. Laboratory workers are exposed to ...

Silane and metal silicides are fascinating from a chemical perspective but they can be extremely hazardous. This video explains their chemical properties, common industrial uses, and the safety ...

The onion has been traced back as far as the Bronze Age and was worshipped by the Ancient Egyptians (and eaten by the Israelites during their bondage in Egypt). Onions were rubbed over the muscles of ...

The forerunner event to ACS’s Chemistry Festival program celebrates 20 years of growing a well-rounded scientific community ...

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications ...

The Geology Department maintains Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) binders in all controlled spaces. SDS binders contain Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for all substances ...

When diligent professionals make decisions, they validate their analyses. Increasingly, professionals across domains use generative AI (GenAI) for analytic knowledge work and therefore validate the AI ...

I will admit that there are years when I feel a more personal connection with the chemistry Nobel than others. That’s not the common complaint that many of the recent awards have been pointed more in ...