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Learn how to quickly and efficiently prepare samples and perform the hydrolysis process and the subsequent extraction for both Soxhlet and Hot Extraction according to the Weibull-Stoldt method.

Ancient Rome’s emperors did some pretty bizarre stuff—bursting into uncontrollable fits of laughter, appointing a horse as a priest, dressing in animal skins and attacking people… the list goes on. Why did they act this way? Possibly… lead poisoning. We unwrap the possibility that lead caused the Roman Empire’s collapse.

For this installment of Teach Me in 10, we are joined by Dr. Alexandre Almeida, a postdoctoral fellow in the Finn research group at the EMBL-EBI. Almeida teaches us all about the hidden secrets of the human microbiome, in less than 10 minutes.

David Detzler, a degreed chemist and 45-year veteran in the automotive industry, points to the increasing popularity of carbon offsets as just another example of an ineffective policy that allows us to continue polluting. Detzler argues that the only real solution is to rid ourselves of our addiction to fossil fuels.

Ten years of ancient genome analysis has taught scientists "what it means to be human".

Using technology that came out of the space program, scientists have developed a way to cut out the middle-fish from the food chain and harvest Omega-3s for fishmeal directly from the source: algae.

The compound ozone, a known respiratory irritant, exists in high concentrations at flight altitudes, making the “fresh air” sucked in by air conditioners at those heights, well, not so fresh. In fact ozone exposure may be responsible for many of the short-term discomforts we associate with air travel.

The plastic we dump into the ocean might be hiding in plain sight.

In this 1-minute video, see the entire process for measuring analytes, such as protein, fat and moisture, in raw, processed and finished meat products using an NIR system.

Explore how wind turbines convert wind into electricity and the challenges of powering the world entirely with wind energy.