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The Smelly Truth About Fragrances

13 Dec 2024

This article was first published in聽The Montreal Gazette....

It All Comes Out in the Wash

11 Dec 2024

Unless you are in the habit of reading the ingredients list on your laundry detergent, you are not likely to be familiar with sodium carbonate. Yet this industrial chemical of great importance has...

Turns Out You Can鈥檛 Let the Cold In!

29 Nov 2024

I鈥檓 sure you have been told or have even been the one to tell someone to 鈥渃lose the door鈥 because they were 鈥渓etting the cold in鈥. While efforts to keep the house warm are noble, the advice is not...

Acrylic Fingernails Harbour Interesting Chemistry

20 Nov 2024

I was queried via email 鈥渋f there are chemicals in acrylic fingernails.鈥 I imagine the question was really about the safety of the ingredients because for many the term chemical has become...

The Chemistry of Spider Webs

1 Nov 2024

鈥淭he itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out鈥︹. But funnily her web remained unscathed. How?!...

When Science Allows You to Lose Your Head

18 Oct 2024

This article was first published in聽The Montreal Gazette.

Oh, That Bathtub Ring!

16 Oct 2024

In 1933 Calgon Incorporated of Pittsburgh introduced its flagship product, appropriately named 鈥淐algon.鈥 The name was derived from the phrase 鈥渃alcium gone,鈥 which was an accurate description of...

The Windmills in Donald Trump's Mind

11 Oct 2024

This article was first published in聽The Montreal Gazette. The mind works in mysterious ways.

Tiny MicroRNAs Win Big Nobel Prize

11 Oct 2024

It may surprise you but when microRNAs were discovered, the scientific community shrugged. 鈥淪o what?鈥 it seemed to say. Here we are, in 2024, and this discovery has resulted in two of its leading...

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