The team’s new compound can absorb electromagnetic waves in the NIR-II part of the spectrum, where waves can penetrate deeper into human tissue and generate heat, leading to photoacoustic emissions.

A proposed ban on formaldehyde in chemical hair straightening products -- linked to cancer and other health risks -- has hit ...

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The Biden administration has officially determined the chemical formaldehyde poses an “unreasonable” risk to human health and should be regulated. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ...

Formaldehyde—a chemical building block used in basic products like composite wood, plastics, paints, adhesives, and sealants—poses unreasonable health risks to workers and consumers ...

In its report, the EPA evaluated 63 situations in which consumers and workers encounter formaldehyde and found that 58 of them contribute to the chemical’s unreasonable risk to health — a ...

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EPA warns toxic chemical found ‘nearly everywhere’ presents an unreasonable risk of injury - The agency’s final risk assessment for formaldehyde jump-starts the process to address the risk posed by th ...

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Beginning in the late 1970s, he effectively became a master builder in the nano universe — seeking how to use molecular bonds to fashion biological structures designed with a special purpose.

Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science, Center for Functional Polymers and Supramolecular Materials, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan ...