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EU urged to broadly restrict 'forever chemicals"
6+ hour, 48+ min ago (102+ words) EU urged to broadly restrict 'forever chemicals'Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal "Forever chemicals" pose a growing risk to health and the environment and should be broadly banned across the European Union, with some exceptions, EU experts said in findings published on…...
Eco-friendly toilet papers are trendy, but their actual environmental impacts vary
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (206+ words) Eco-friendly toilet papers are trendy, but their actual environmental impacts vary'Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Toilet paper sits on shelves at Target in Alexandria, Va., Jan. 4, 2026. Toilet paper sits on shelves at a Trader Joe's in Alexandria, Va., Jan. 4, 2026. Toilet paper,…...
Chinese scientists invent tongue that uses milk to test spicy food
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (190+ words) The prototype detected capsaicin and pungent-flavored compounds - such as those behind garlic's 'zing' - in a range of foods. This transparent square acts like an artificial tongue, reacting to capsaicin and similar pungent compounds in proportion to a food's spiciness. (Weijun…...
Trio wins chemistry Nobel for new form of molecular architecture
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (123+ words) The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway The scientists' breakthrough could help solve 'some of humankind's greatest challenges', said the jury It was Richard Robson's pioneering work that opened up the field Kitagawa 'predicted that MOFs could be made flexible…...
From refugee to Nobel: Yaghi hails science's 'equalizing force"
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (236+ words) Nobel chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi was born to Palestinian refugees in Jordan, a quiet, studious child in a 'large, rowdy family' that shared a single room with cattle they raised. Smart people are everywhere, if only they can be given…...