Chemicals

Ben-Gvir to conduct security assessment after death of toddlers at Jerusalem kindergarten

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir will hold a security assessment with police and fire officials following the incident at a Jerusalem kindergarten.

Emergency services respond to a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a kindergarten in Romema, Jerusalem, January 19, 2026.
Demonstrators hold signs as hundreds of Tunisians march through the capital Tunis to protest a severe environmental crisis caused by pollution from a state chemical plant in Gabes, in Tunisia, October 25, 2025

Hundreds protest in Tunisia’s capital over worsening pollution crisis

Physicist Warns: 'Forever Chemicals' detected in feminine hygiene items. Illustration.

Physicist Warns: 'Forever Chemicals' Detected in Feminine Hygiene Items

 Police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, during a protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip and against the Israeli government, March 30, 2024; illustrative.

Knesset investigation reveals health risks of water cannons, skunk spray used during protests


Dotz Nano to raise $12m. for carbon capture technology

Sharon Malka - Dotz Nano CEO

Cleaning products spread hundreds of hazardous chemicals - study

The researchers tested both conventional products and “green” cleaning products and detected a total of 530 unique volatile organic compounds.

 Cleaning products (illustrative).

NASA's International Space Station is filled with chemicals. Here's why - study

A number of potentially harmful chemicals have been found accumulating in the air filters of the International Space Station. This is how they got there.

The International Space Station (ISS) photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, October 4, 2018.

More products to be produced with less material, pollution, fewer byproducts - BGU study

With these findings, those reactions could become more efficient – producing more products with less material, byproducts, pollution, and energy. 

 Photo from the experiment at the Swiss Light Source synchrotron

Harvard scientists claim to discover chemical cocktail that slows aging

After years of research, Harvard researchers uncovered chemical cocktails to slow aging, paving the way for a "fountain of youth."


Scientists find organic molecules in galaxy 12 billion light years away - study

The organic molecules found in this distant galaxy are not signs of life. Found via NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, their discovery raises questions about star formation.

 Astronomers using the Webb telescope discovered evidence of complex organic molecules similar to smoke or smog in the distant galaxy shown here.

20% of children live with unsafe levels of chemical toxins - study

Exposure to PFAs has been associated with reduced vaccine response in children, increasing the risk of exposure to deadly diseases. It has also been associated with reduced birth weight and cancer.

The i2/4 BABY button system has been okayed by the Transport Ministry

Scientists find ancient space clouds with traces of the first ever stars - study

The star leftovers found in these ancient and distant giant clouds of gas were likely formed by the very first stars created after the Big Bang.

 This artist’s impression shows a distant gas cloud that contains different chemical elements, illustrated here with schematic representations of various atoms.

Makeup for children contains highly poisonous chemicals - study

Poisonous chemicals that are often used in makeup are especially dangerous for children because of their undeveloped immune systems.

 Illustrative image of makeup.

Ozone layer healing, Earth set to avoid 0.5C of global warming

Scientists from around the world warned of the risks of using aerosols to try and combat global warming.

Arctic Ozone Loss | NASA image acquired March 19, 2011