The US Food and Drug Administration has missed its latest deadline to propose banning formaldehyde and certain formaldehyde-releasing chemicals from hair-straightening products, often used by Black ...

📝 A.S. Goodfellow* and B.N. Nguyen, ChemRxiv, 2025, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-k69gt. 📰 A.S. Goodfellow* and B.N. Nguyen, J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2026, DOI ...

A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen. By Hiroko Tabuchi The Trump ...

In December 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency released the final risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for formaldehyde. A year later, in December 2025, the EPA ...

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💡 What is this project? This project provides a Python-based tool designed to enhance and streamline the analysis of vibrational modes calculated by ORCA quantum chemistry software, specifically by ...

Vibrational coupling is an intrinsic component of IR spectroscopy. Coupling between vibrating modes is crucial for energy transfer and may result in alterations in peak position, intensity, and ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2025 — More than half of the 7.5 million bales of cotton produced annually in the U.S. will be used in clothing manufacturing. The finishing techniques used to make cotton fabric ...

Abstract: We observe terahertz vibrational modes in crystals of n-octadecane, a non-hydrogen-bonding, non-polar molecule. These modes are not present in amorphous samples.