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Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with chemical production and the manufacture of products through chemical processes. This includes designing equipment, systems and processes for refining raw materials and for mixing, compounding and processing chemicals to make valuable products.

Petroleum Engineering

Petroleum Engineering

By: Anmol Shankhi, Journalist
Petroleum Engineering is a branch of engineering that allows the development and exploitation of crude oil gas and natural gas. Experts in this field evaluate oil and gas reservoirs to determine profitability and ensure that the drilling process will be safer and more efficient.
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Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

By: Samary Velasquez, journalist
Chemical engineering involves creating products from raw materials using chemical reactions.
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Fire Extinguishers

Fire Extinguishers

By: Aidan Seguin, Journalist
Fire extinguishers are essential safety devices that can save lives and protect property in a fire.
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Flammable ice

Flammable ice

By: Patrick Verasin, Journalist
Flammable ice is found in an underwater tundra. since the methane molecules are so closely structured within a crystalline structure of water molecules, it makes a ice like substance. (it isn't actually ice)
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Algae Farms: Nature's Versatile Green Solution

Algae Farms: Nature’s Versatile Green Solution

By: Pranav Sharma, Journalist
Algae farms hold promise as a renewable source of biofuels, such as biodiesel and bioethanol. Certain species of algae produce oils that can be extracted and converted into fuels with properties similar to conventional fossil fuels.
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You believed this didn't you

Nuclear Waste, What On Earth Is It?

By: Marcus Ryan, Journalist
Nuclear waste is a blanket term for a large amount of radioactive things. Not all nuclear waste is created equal, they are often classified into three levels.  The first level of waste comes in the form of lightly irradiated things, like hazmat suits and tools that came in close proximity to radioactive materials. This tier constitutes to 90% of total nuclear waste and thankfully so.
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How Rubber Is Made And How Its used

How Rubber Is Made And How Its used

By: Shelton Wright, Journalist
Rubber is a vital material in the world.
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Landscape Photograph of Body of Water

Denmark Will Import and Bury Other Countries’ CO2

By: Tiger Deng, Journalist
CO2 storage will attempt to limit the effects of climate change.
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Brown Seeds

Ricin: The Most Effective Poison

By: Jason Reznikov, Journalist
Ricin is an extremely effective poison. In just minute doses, ricin is extremely deadly.
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Blue Paint On A Brush

Paint With No Pigments Invented By Researchers

By: Dillon Hoyne, Journalist
Paint with no pigment invented to make buildings cooler.
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The Chemistry Behind Dynamite

By: Thomas Ahern, Journalist
If you have ever heard of dynamite, you probably know that it is a largely-used explosive. What you probably don't know, however, is how it explodes.
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Close-up of lighted candle

What Wax Is Made Of

By: Michelle Phan, Journalist
Wax categorized into two kinds: "natural waxes" derived from animals and plants and petroleum, and "synthetic waxes" which are artificially made.
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