Modern oil tankers carry some of the most volatile cargo on Earth, yet catastrophic explosions are virtually unheard of. The answer lies in a surprisingly elegant system that uses the ship's own ...

Scientists at the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT Prague) have revealed a new catalytic role for scandium, an element whose salts were long considered to be redox stable, i.e. not ...

Jennie L. Durant has worked as a Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in USDA's Office of Pest Management Policy. A recent study has ...