Does Rubbing Alcohol Expire? Can You Still Use It After Its Expiration Date?

Medicine & Technology Sep 28, 2023

The isorpropanol in rubbing alcohol evaporates over time, making rubbing alcohol less effective. Read to learn more.

Rice, Wheat Thrive After Two Weeks Without Water By Pretreating Soil with Ethanol [STUDY]

Aug 25, 2022

Scientists discover that ethanol helps in the survival rate of plants. Continue reading to know the science behind it.

Hangover Cure: A Cheap Pill Found to Reduce Hangovers But Only on Women

Jul 06, 2021

N-acetylcysteine (NAC) tablets are found to be a better hangover cure compared to current remedies available. However, research has found that it only works for women and not on men.

Brittle Stars with Thousands of ‘Pig Snouts’ and Thorny Nest of Teeth Found

Jun 17, 2021

Scientists have recently described a new family of brittle stars with thousands of "pig snouts" from one specimen from a seamount off New Caledonia.

Too Much Alcohol Makes People Drunk, But Do You Know Why

Nov 05, 2020

Alcohol in beer, wine, or vodka travels through the bloodstream and makes its way throughout the body. It alters the mood and brain, but how does it do that?

Fecal Transplant Cures Belgian Man With Auto-Brewery Syndrome

Aug 18, 2020

A 47-year-old Belgian man was intermittently drunk for two months despite not drinking. His condition, known as the auto-brewery syndrome, is only cured through fecal transplant.

Health Canada Recalls Hand Sanitizers With Unsafe Ethanol Levels

Jun 07, 2020

Health Canada issued a recall for hand sanitizer brands with harmful, industrial-grade ethanol.

Scientists Developed Highly Efficient Catalyst for Ethanol Fuel Cells

Jun 07, 2019

The new catalyst has the combination of reactive elements in a unique core-shell structure that Brookhaven scientists have been exploring for a range of catalytic reactions to speed up all of these steps

New Source of Fuel: Converting Methanol to Ethanol Using Ultraviolet Light

Feb 20, 2019

Useful ethanol from methanol using ultraviolet light.

Scientists Made Biodiesel From The Genetically Engineered Sugarcane

Apr 05, 2017

For making biodiesel scientists genetically engineered sugarcane. This modified sugarcane also helped researchers to produce more sugar that is the raw material for making ethanol.

Alternative Energy Update: Producing Fuel from Agricultural Waste

Mar 29, 2015

Producing Fuel from Agricultural Waste