Did you ever take a swig of aspartame-sweetened diet soda and have it taste nasty? Sour, metallic, and vile, but not sweet.

Fatty acid standards (octanoic acid, C8:0; decanoic acid, C10:0; dodecanoic acid, C12:0; and tetradecanoic acid, C14:0) were purchased from Cayman Chemical Company. Sodium acetate as well as ...

Sodium-ion batteries show promise as a cheaper, more sustainable alternative to lithium-ion but need major advancements to become competitive. Stanford’s STEER study emphasizes that innovation, not ...