New claims that the Syrian government have dropped barrel bombs full of chlorine on a suburb of Aleppo are the latest in a series of allegations of chemical weapon use. Although the Syrian government ...

Chlorine is a toxic gas used in disinfectants and cleaning products. Exposure causes eye, lung, and skin irritation, and lung fluid buildup. Children and asthma patients are at higher risk. No ...

Jordanian forensics experts inspect the site of a chlorine gas explosion in the Port of Aqaba in June 2022. Khalil Mazraawi/AFP via Getty Images ...

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Chlorine plays an essential part in daily life, from keeping pools clean to preserving food. Now, a team of chemists developed a more environmentally friendly way to integrate chlorine into chemical ...

Fresh airstrikes rained down Wednesday on a rebel-held neighborhood in Syria’s east Aleppo, killing two people at a market where an alleged chlorine gas attack injured more than 100 people a day ...

When used as a chemical weapon, chlorine gas disperses so rapidly that evidence of its release can be hard to find. “With most nerve agents, we have biomarkers that are stable in the environment that ...

THE very important letter of Dr. Aston in NATURE of December 18, 1919, gives much evidence in favour of a theory of the structure and composition of the nuclei of complex atoms as published by me five ...

A chemical element is one of those squares on the periodic table that adorns many a classroom wall. Sure. But what is an element really? It is a more subtle question that you might realise. To get to ...

I HAVE read Prof. Harkins's letter with great interest. If Prof. Harkins has succeeded in separating the isotopic hydrochloric acids he is certainly to be congratulated. The very meagre positive ...