News tagged with baking soda

Baking soda dramatically boosts oil production in algae

Montana State University researchers have discovered that baking soda can dramatically increase algae's production of the key oil precursors for biodiesel.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast




Search results for baking soda


Novel solar reactor may enable clean fuel derived from sunlight

Producing hydrogen from non-fossil fuel sources is a problem that continues to elude many scientists but University of Delaware’s Erik Koepf thinks he may have discovered a solution.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 0

YouTube becomes entertainment destination

Just for laughs, San Jose, Calif.'s Dylan Hart and a college friend posted a video on YouTube in 2007 about charging an iPod using an onion and a bottle of Gatorade.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vending machines go high-tech with Web-based systems

Vending machines are getting a lot smarter - and tougher to shake down.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers discuss sugar's highs, lows

America's growing sweet tooth is super-sizing waistlines and the nation's health care price tag, warn University of California researchers. People in the U.S. are eating 21 times more sweet stuff today than the pilgrims and ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Obesity cuts U.S. children's life expectancy short

For the first time in history, the next generation will not live longer than their parents.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Green cleaning solutions: Manufacturers are making more planet-friendly products, consumers are buying them

Maybe 2011 is the year a clean start means returning to Grandma's scrubbing ways and getting down on hands knees with simple baking soda and vinegar. Or maybe it means staring down that supermarket aisle of cleaning products ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Thanksgiving table chemistry

What's going on at Thanksgiving dinner? Sure, Uncle Al is asleep in front of the football game and the kids are running around the table rather than sitting at it, but just how in the name of inane parade ...

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Small particles show big promise in beating unpleasant odors

Scientists are reporting development of a new approach for dealing with offensive household and other odors -- one that doesn't simply mask odors like today's room fresheners, but eliminates them at the source. Their research ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Bicarbonate adds fizz to players' tennis performance

Dietary supplementation with sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) on the morning of a tennis match allows athletes to maintain their edge. A randomized, controlled trial reported in BioMed Central's open access Journal of th ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scented consumer products shown to emit many unlisted chemicals

The sweet smell of fresh laundry may contain a sour note. Widely used fragranced products – including those that claim to be "green" – give off many chemicals that are not listed on the label, including some that ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 7 | with audio podcast


List of search results for baking soda