"This treatment uses sodium hydroxide with lye for a permanent result. It's a stronger chemical that will de-frizz and is more commonly used by African Americans, but Caucasians also opt for this ...

NY state has asked Alfred University to study whether wine bottles can be reused, part of a wider effort to keep glass and ...

There’s no debating that metallic sodium is exciting stuff, but getting your hands on some can be problematic, what with the need to ship it in a mineral oil bath to keep it from exploding.

Waste from mushroom farming is being transformed into sustainable, biodegradable materials for use in cosmetics, packaging, ...

When people ask what I do for work, I often hesitate to tell them I write about cleaning and organizing. I worry that if they ...

The hacker briefly increased the amount of sodium hydroxide (lye) in Oldsmar's water treatment system, but a worker spotted it and reversed the action. Lye is used in small amounts to control ...

“It is synthesized by reacting palm oil with sodium hydroxide in a process called saponification ... maintain their ...

The Associated Press reported more than 20,000 shipping containers have been lost at sea in the last decade and a half, ...

Something of a Holy Grail among engineers with an interest in a low-carbon future is the idea of replacing fossil fuel gasses with hydrogen. There are various schemes, but they all suffer from the ...

The precursor material used to start the synthesis process ... the team heated up a mixture of a precursor material and sodium hydroxide to as high as 600°C, maintained it at that temperature ...

Jivan Dean pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm and to using sodium hydroxide with intent to maim, burn or disfigure. The assault took place at Tipi Valley near Llandeilo on August 14 ...