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What did we learn from the Deepwater Horizon disaster?
WEBSep 13, 2020 — For the 87 days that followed, the wellhead, damaged by the explosion, spewed petroleum deep below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. In the end, between 4 million and 5 million barrels of ...
Video: How CRISPR-Cas9 works - Chemical & Engineering News
WEBOct 9, 2020 — The Nobel-winning gene-editing technique enables scientists to precisely alter an organism’s DNA. CRISPR-Cas9 combines a protein that can neatly snip DNA with a molecule that guides those ...
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Which air purification technologies can tackle COVID-19?
WEBMar 12, 2021 — The system has been tested by Innovative Bioanalysis, a laboratory services company based in Cypress, California, which found that the light could reduce the amount of SARS-CoV-2 in 1 m 3 of air ...
C&EN’s top 50 US chemical producers for 2021
WEBMay 10, 2021 — Avient2021 chemical sales: $1.5 billion. Avient is a new name for an old company, PolyOne. The company made the change last July, when it closed its purchase of Clariant's masterbatch business for ...
C&EN’s World Chemical Outlook 2022 - Chemical & Engineering …
WEBJan 12, 2022 — Mark Costa, CEO, Eastman Chemical, speaking of 2021. The forecast assumes 4.2% US economic growth for 2022. The Conference Board, a business think tank, has a more bearish expectation of 3.5% ...
What do we know about the novel coronavirus’s 29 proteins?
WEBApr 1, 2020 — Coronavirus proteins. SARS-CoV-2 has four structural proteins (top): the E and M proteins, which form the viral envelope; the N protein (detail not shown), which binds to the virus’s RNA genome ...
What’s in sunscreen, and how does it protect your skin from the …
WEBJul 21, 2021 — The active ingredients in sunscreens protect our skin by either absorbing or reflecting UV light. Currently, 16 sun-filtering ingredients are approved by the FDA. But sunscreen makers in the US ...
What is hand sanitizer, and does it keep your hands germ-free?
WEBMar 23, 2020 — In early 2020, as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, spread, hand sanitizer sales began to grow. By March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially upgraded the outbreak ...