LHC ready for trial collisions

Let’s smash some atoms! The Large Hadron Collider is back on track for trial collisions this week, after a glitch with the cooling system, Times Online reports. Once the two beams had been inserted into the LHC ring last Wednesday, the next task was to “capture” them...

Melamine

Melamine is an organic base with the chemical formulaC3H6N6, with the IUPAC name1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine. It is only slightly soluble in water.Melamine is a trimer ofcyanamide. Like cyanamide, it is 66% nitrogen (by mass) and provides fire retardantproperties to...

Secret of red wine revealed

It’s an enzyme called Aldehyde dehydrogenase. Specifically it’s a version of this enzyme designated as ALDH-2. Used to burn off alcohol in the liver, it also acts against toxins released when fats break down during a heart attack. Now a team led by Stanford...

WOW! Everyone please “calm down”….

  I did not realize there would be so much concern to a device that will unlock secrets and answer some important questions. With poverty, wars, hate and so many other things going on in the planet I am sure the billions of dollars spent (maybe millions?) will be put...