Manic Depression, also known as bipolar disorder, has been found to carry a unique chemical signature. This mental disability affects one in every hundred people worldwide. picked by Blankspace73 7 months ago

Six adults and two children from Eritrea were rescued from the back of a German chemical tanker and taken to a London hospital. picked by Pocksucket 7 months ago

"In the beginning, I wasn't worried at all; I was fascinated," Hammond, 37, recalled. But that fascination soon changed to fear, as tests revealed that their children -- Rowan, then 18 months, and Mikaela, then 5 -- had chemical exposure levels up to seven times those of their parents. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

Two coaches, who have now been fired, mixed in a chemical used in diapers to help water absorption, into a wrestler's Gatorade bottle placing the student at risk.

I really don't see this as a prank, I see this as a way for the district to lesson what these coaches did. picked by MUPpetMAKer 6 months ago

Our inability to produce a chemical present in every other primate may be linked to a series of chronic diseases. Roger Highfield explains more. picked by karenben 2 months ago

A Top 10 list of Chemical Reactions from List Universe. picked by DemureArt 6 months ago

Dihydrogen Monoxide is a silent killer that is very likely in your home right now.

Read up on this dangerous chemical. It could very well save your life. picked by Boomshank 1 year ago

Police said the robbers stole computers, VCRs, two bows for hunting worth $200 each and a highlander bow, in addition to the tube labeled "very dangerous." picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Chemists can now use carbon nanotubes to judge the heat of chilli sauces. The technology might soon be available commercially as a cheap, disposable sensor for use in the food industry. Richard Compton and his team at Oxford University, UK, have developed a sensitive technique to measure the levels of capsaicinoids, the substances that make chillies hot, in samples of chilli sauce. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

In the most comprehensive U.S. tests for an industrial chemical used to line cans of food, an independent laboratory found a compound linked to birth defects in more than half of the samples of canned fruit, vegetables, soda, and baby formula from supermarket shelves. picked by Neiako 1 year ago

Controlling your anger and reacting sensibly when someone treats you badly can be a problem. Recent studies indicate that your level of serotonin may have an effect on how well you hold back from eviscerating some guy who stole your parking space. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

Chondritic meteorites have a similar chemical composition to the sun and are therefore reliable witnesses as to what the solar nebula, from which the planets formed, was composed of. This can be used to deduce what the Earth consists of chemically. However, ETH Zurich researchers have now discovered that strictly speaking this fundamental geological assumption is not true. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean and aboveground herbivorous insects can communicate with each other by using plants as telephones. Subterranean insects issue chemical warning signals via the leaves of the plant. This way, aboveground insects are alerted that the plant is already ”˜occupied’. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A Thai Buddhist temple has been reprimanded by religious authorities for selling amulets containing the ashes of cremated infants to raise money for a plot of land and a crematorium. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Police said a couple of men got into a fight at a grocery store, and one of them bopped the other on the head with a can of chili. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Bindeez have been found to contain a chemical that converts into the toxic illegal drug GHB, also known as fantasy, when ingested. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

The ChemCentral plant in Kansas City continues to burn four hours after an explosion occurred there. No one has been hurt; firefighters intend to let the fire burn out. However, several rail tanker cars are endangered. picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

British scientists have unlocked one of the secrets behind how cancer spreads around the body. The breakthrough could help pave the way for a generation of drugs that would halt up to 90 per cent of cancers in their tracks. Such drugs could be particularly effective against breast and lung tumours - two of the biggest killers. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Click on the previous/next arrows for more great pics of other abandoned buildings. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

This website shows you how to use modelling balloons to build chemical molecules. picked by misswinkle 12 months ago