Hitting the swimming pool this summer? Swimwear relies on a range of materials to keep you comfortable and prevent it from breaking down. This edition of Periodic Graphics in C&EN looks at what swimsuits are made of, and how a little chemistry knowledge goes a long way when it comes to keeping them in good shape and stopping their materials from fading and stretching.
This month’s edition of Periodic Graphics in C&EN comes off of the back of my ending up on tetracyclines for a chest infection a month or so ago. This alerted me to their ability to make the skin of people taking them more sensitive to sunlight. It turns out that there are a number of odd and unexpected side effects of medications people take for a variety of conditions, so this graphic rounds up some of the oddest I came across. View the full graphic on the C&EN site.
Thanks to everyone who responded to the survey I put out at the end of last year, both to find out a bit more about the site’s readership, and also to hear what you want to see from the site this year. The results are summarised in the image above, but are also shown individually below, along with some brief discussion. Hope you continue to enjoy the posts this year!
2015’s been a big year for Compound Interest: over the course of the year, the site’s had almost 2 million unique visitors, and the site’s Facebook page hit the 100,000 likes milestone and continued apace. To cap it all the Compound Interest book (based on food and drink chemistry) was released in October, and has been receiving positive reviews.
Good news! It’s been a while, due the wait on Etsy approving the printers for this second batch, but the chemical compound…
The first batch of chemical compound spice labels are now available from the Etsy site here! Note that this is a different…
