As summer rolls in, the market overflows with juicy mangoes, bananas, papayas, and other seasonal fruits. But behind this abundance lies a growing health concern—the use of calcium carbide to ...

[MacGyver] would be proud of [Hyperspace Pirate]’s rough and ready method of producing acetylene gas from seashells and driftwood. Acetylene, made by decomposing calcium carbide with water, is a ...

Despite the fact that summers bring with themselves scorching heat, sweat, sunburn, and dehydration, one of the best parts of the hot season is mangoes! Yes, called the king of fruits, the divine ...

THE decision of the Board of Trade Referee that calcium carbide is not a synthetic organic chemical is characterised by “H. E. A.” (NATURE, February 23, p. 230) as an offence against both chemical ...

Robots that can navigate different types of terrain could help scientists collect information in hard-to-reach places. That navigation can be tricky, however. For example, launching a robot from the ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to the consumption of fruits ripened by calcium carbide. The agency said fruits ripened by calcium ...

Yoga With Swami Ramdev: Bananas ripened with calcium carbide can cause dangerous nerve and kidney damage. Naturally ripened bananas look exactly the same, whereas chemically ripened bananas are ...

NAFDAC explained that only welders are permitted to use calcium carbide for tasks such as melting iron and not sold to fruit vendors. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control ...

PROF. SODDY is a trifle impetuous: my reference to Hazlitt was not out of place, it seems. If I follow my critic, as only a small heap of solid phosphate of lime will be left of me when I am burnt, I ...