Industry knew about chemical ‘runaway’ dangers for years. Then came near-catastrophe in O.C.

A failing tank holding 7,000 gallons of a highly reactive chemical at a Garden Grove aerospace plant forced 50,000 ...
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New water-based material could store solar energy, power reactions in darkness, then recharge

Northwestern University scientists have developed a new liquid material that charges like a battery, transforms like a living ...
Purdue University

Faster chemical reactions made possible by tiny droplets

Purdue researchers developed a mass spectrometry system that accelerates chemical reactions without heat or catalysts, ...

'No threat to our water system': 3 treated and released after chemical reaction releases chlorine gas in Kent area

An accidental chemical reaction released chlorine gas at the Akron Water Plant, hospitalizing three people and forcing an ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Using electricity, scientists find promising new method of boosting chemical reactions

As the world moves away from gas towards electricity as a greener power source, the to-do list goes beyond cars. The vast global manufacturing network that makes everything from our batteries to our ...
BBC

Physical and chemical properties

All substances have properties. These describe how a substance looks and behaves. There are two types of properties: physical and chemical. Watch this video about how physical and chemical properties ...
Hackaday

A Car That Runs On Homemade Chemical Reactions

The race for chemical engineering is quite literally on. Every year, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE) brings together hundreds of university students to face-off to design the ...