Hydrogen peroxide – the same stuff you can pick up from a drug store or beauty supply store – is one of those very interesting chemicals that belongs on every maker’s cabinet. At concentrations of about 30%, it’s perfect for etching PCB boards, and at even higher concen

By American Chemical Society November 28, 2021

Every year, more than 1,000 tons of plastic rain down onto national parks and wilderness areas in the western U.S. In this week’s episode, we talk about where that plastic comes from, and we look for it in rain that falls on Washi

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Do you ever have that nagging feeling that perhaps what you’re about to dispose of can’t actually be recycled – and the negative impact it could having on the environment, instead of positive?

All recycling has to be sorted and if you put the wrong thing in, there’s the risk of c

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Down a pathway from the satisfying dripping of red wax and the bubbling pools of mash that usually entertain tour groups at Maker's Mark Distillery sits a cozy, unassuming cottage.

To the unknowing eye, it looks more like an Airbnb than a laboratory.

But on a recent winter morning

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