Chemistry Newsbytes

Posted by Bethany Halford on June 6, 2008 in Chemistry is Everywhere

It’s summertime. The temperature’s rising. Time to tap the liquid nitrogen tank and make some ice cream. The Institute for Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Experimental Studies via Khymos

Lunar concrete made from moon dust and nanotubes. National Geographic News

Antibacterial wipes may be spreading superbugs instead of killing them. Guardian

Jet fuel from the jatropha plant. LA Times

Are you wearing your safety gear? Here’s a list of 10 scientists – many of them chemists – who were injured or killed by their experiments. The List Universe

Wild salmon have higher levels of mercury than their farm-raised brethren. Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Sapporo is brewing up space beer. Yahoo!