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The Basics of Solvent Grades and Background Science Chemical solvents used in scientific research, analytical testing, and manufacturing play a critical role in the generation of new medicines, products, and analytical procedures used in commerce. Properly identifying the types and grades of solvents that are available and that you need can impact your results in the laboratory or production line.Using a lower-purity grade of solvent may affect analytical results or impact a product destin …

STEM education is more important than ever, so we’ve outlined 5 fun Halloween themed experiments to get your young ones inspired. Most of the ingredients for these experiments are probably already in your pantry or easy to find at the store. 1.Spooky Lava Lamp Density ExperimentThis experiment is such a fun and visually engaging way to teach kids about density. Using a few simple ingredients, you’ll be sure to capture their attention when they see colorful lava lamp-like bubbles floating …

One of the most active areas of pharmaceutical research in 2022 is the search for drugs and compounds that affect Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), which is increasing in size as the aged population grows, with 6.2 million individuals with AD and expected to reach 12.7 million in the US alone by the year 2040.Currently, there are over 140 agents being assessed in human clinical trials as of 2022, and most are disease modifying agents targeting a wide variety of biological processes in AD. Compou …

Infections and disease are as old as life itself and occurs in all organisms from the smallest bacterium (they get infected by viruses) to the largest land mammals, where humans are the most vulnerable to infectious disease by way of mobility, transmission, and by shear numbers at 7 billion people on the planet and counting.Antibiotics, chemicals which stop or slow the growth of microbes, were first described by dye chemist Paul Ehrlich in 1909 after he noticed that certain dyes colored t …

One of the most common reactions used in chemistry is based on the reactivity of diazomethane, a chemical reactant first described in 1884 by Von Perchman, who generated it using nitrosoalkyl urethanes with alkali, and who lived to tell the tale. He was lucky as what Von Perchman may have found out is that diazomethane, once generated in a flask, has the tendency to explode, and has to be handled in the cold and with special glassware.Today, this reagent still strikes terror in the he …