Vinegar, especially 30% “cleaning vinegar” is extremely acidic and can cause chemical burns. This, too, will damage the soil ...

Highly paraffinic (or waxy) crude oil can cause significant problems in subsea pipelines due to wax–oil gel blockage resulting from the precipitation of the wax components. Once blockage of the ...

Adjuvants act upon the cuticle of the leaf of the plant and improve the delivery of the active ingredient through softening of the epicuticular wax layer, (8) the outer barrier layer of the leaf. The ...

Jun 18, 2025 Selenium-doped nanoparticles improve fungicide delivery and trigger plant immunity Selenium-doped nanoparticles improve fungicide retention, activate plant defenses, and lower toxicity in ...

The waxy layer on a plant's leaves is known as the "cuticle." This waxy layer is a protective coating: The cuticle helps the plant's tissues avoid losing excessive moisture.

Plants’ temperature-sensing system could also be modified. In a second Science paper, researchers propose a new way of understanding the network of proteins that control plants’ responses to heat.

An explosives plant at the center of a chemical leak on Wednesday was previously fined for numerous Clean Water Act violations and was the site of a deadly explosion in 2009, according to federal r… ...

A massive nitric acid leak spewed orange plumes of smoke into the sky, forcing a no-fly zone and mass evacuations around an Ohio chemical plant, according to reports.

Zeldin also said the EPA plans to weaken Biden-era regulations on mercury emissions from power plants. Environmental advocates say the EPA’s proposal is an escalation in the Trump administration ...

A chemical leak at an explosives manufacturing plant prompted evacuations in a southeastern Ohio county.According to Vinton County EMA spokesman Robert Czechlewski, it happened around 8:30 a.m ...

WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - An immigration raid on Tuesday at a meat production plant in Omaha, Nebraska was the "largest worksite enforcement operation" in the state during the Trump ...

VINTON COUNTY, Ohio – Communities were under evacuation Wednesday after a large chemical leak from an explosives plant in southeast Ohio sent hazardous air into nearby areas.