Federal Aviation Administration Proposes $227,500 Civil Penalty Against Dover Chemical

The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a $227,500 civil penalty against Dover Chemical Corporation of Dover, Ohio, for alleged violations of federal hazardous materials regulations.

Air Pollutants From Fireplaces And Wood-burning Stoves Raise Health Concerns

Danish scientists, in a study published in American Chemical Society’s journal, Chemical Research in Toxicology, found that the invisible particles inhaled into the lungs from breathing wood smoke from fireplaces have multiple adverse effects. Science...

Former Dow Research Scientist Convicted of Stealing Trade Secrets, Perjury

Former research scientist Wen Chyu Liu, aka David W. Liou, was convicted in Baton Rouge, Louisiana of stealing trade secrets from Dow Chemical Company and selling them to companies in the People’s Republic of China, as well as committing perjury. Full...

Bone Implant Offers Hope for Skull Deformities

A synthetic bone matrix offers hope for babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the plates in the skull to fuse too soon. Implants replacing some of the infant’s bone with the biodegradable matrix could eliminate some of the operations...

Growing Cartilage From Stem Cells

Damaged knee joints might one day be repaired with cartilage grown from stem cells in a laboratory, based on research by Professor Kyriacos Athanasiou, chair of the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering and his colleagues.

98% of Coral Reefs to Acidic For Growth By 2050

Carbon emissions from human activities are not just heating up the globe, they are changing the ocean’s chemistry. This could soon be fatal to coral reefs, which are havens for marine biodiversity and underpin the economies of many coastal communities. Scientists...