BOSTON — Environmentalists and fishermen are pushing back against a plan from a group of scientists who want to dump more than 60,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide, more commonly known as lye, into the ...

Three people were taken to hospital following a chemical spill at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation facility at Lucas Heights this morning. Despite the Sydney site’s notoriety ...

A middle school boy here has been accused of severe bullying after tricking two younger students into eating a highly corrosive chemical by passing it off as a sweet ...

Sodium polyacrylate is made by first neutralizing acrylic acid with sodium hydroxide, then using aqueous catalytic solution polymerization to form the polymer. Alternatively, acrylate polymers such as ...

“What a time it is to be a battery chemist—on paper, some are even multimillionaires,” says Jerry Barker, chief scientist and founder of the battery firm Faradion and a chemist who has been ...