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Electronic cigarettes emit toxic compounds – but how much do they harm the body?

There are damaging chemicals in every electronic cigarette. However, some models emit more chemicals than others. Research says that there are 2 key solvents in every e-cig: a special substance blend that emits the toxic chemicals through vaporizing; and formaldehyde, a substance that triggers coughs, nausea and sometimes, wheezing. When combined and heated, these two […]

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Using Light To Create Graphene

Graphene is probably one of the most talked about nanomaterials of the 21st century. As fate would have it, the core of number 2 pencils was meant to be much more than just for bubbling scantron sheets. “We fooled nature by first making a three-dimensional material, which is graphite, and then pulling an individual layer […]