Chemicals & Chemistry

Exploring the molecular world: new compounds, industrial chemistry, environmental impacts, material science discoveries, and the chemistry underlying everyday products and processes.

How the 'World's Smelliest Substance' Saves Lives

Taste is subjective. So is smell. But when the headline in the January 22, 2013 issue of The Mirror reads:

Skatole - A Natural Monstrosity in Perfume, Parliaments, Produce and Poop

There are about 20 million known organic chemicals, so it should not be at all s

Pink, Orange and Green Urine & a Color Chemistry Lesson? Oui

Contrary to populist dogma, with rare exceptions, chemicals do not accumulate in our bodies.

Organic chemicals can be divided into broad categories – let's call them "flavors" – based on what functional groups they possess.

BPA Alarmists Are Beating A Dead Monomer - Enough Already

One would think that the FDA's issuance of the CLARITY-BPA Core Study, a two-year exhaustive examination of the effects of the plastic component bispheno

Chemophobia: Nearly 40% of Europeans Want a Chemical-Free World

It's not a secret that the average person is scientifically illiterate. The question is, "Just how scientifically illiterate?" The answer is appalling.