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Chemical

# chemical - Thursday 16 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Planet Earth

Billion-year-old water discovered in Canada could give clues to early life on Earth

Life-giving chemicals have been discovered in isolated water believed to be 1.5 billion years old, raising hopes of scientists finding surviving microscopic organisms from a prehistoric age.

# chemical - Tuesday 19 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Chemical

Unstable chemical made safe in Cork school

There were no pupils present as classes had finished for the day.

# chemical - Friday 15 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Chemical

‘Unstable chemical’ made safe at Tipperary school

The chemical, known as ‘Brady’s Agent’ can be found in school laboratories all over the country but can become unstable over time.

# chemical - Friday 16 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Cork

Bomb disposal team make chemical safe in secondary school

The army bomb disposal team were called in to deal with an unstable chemical at Christ the King Secondary School in Douglas, Cork today.

# chemical - Thursday 11 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Final Frontier

Astronomers find diamond planet twice the size of Earth

The planet is made up mainly of graphite and diamond and was spotted zooming around a nearby star.

# chemical - Friday 31 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Chemical

Unstable chemical made safe at Cork school

The army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal team carried out a controlled explosion on the substance.

# chemical - Thursday 9 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Vietnam War

Agent Orange clean-up launched in Vietnam decades after war ends

US and Vietnam are commencing a landmark project to remove dangerous defoliant sprayed by American forces to defoliate Vietnam’s forests.

# chemical - Saturday 28 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Home Sweet Home This post contains videos This post contains images

Deeper underground: could you live in a bunker?

Missile silos and Nazi bunkers have been converted into habitable homes, while other designers are focused on preparing shelters for surviving catastrophes.

# chemical - Friday 27 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Chemical

Controlled explosion carried out on chemical discovered at Cork school

The Army Bomb Disposal Unit was called to St Finbarr’s Seminary after unstable chemical was found in an old school lab.

# chemical - Monday 23 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Magic

New technology will make your car clean itself

The self cleaning, self repairing coating can also be used in mobile phones and contact lenses.

# chemical - Tuesday 13 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Picric Acid

Army team makes unstable chemical safe on Malahide Road

Picric Acid that could have been sensitive to shock or friction was made safe with a controlled explosion.

# chemical - Friday 5 August, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Chemical

Army called in after unstable chemical found at Meath school

The Irish Defence Forces carried out a controlled explosion after the chemical was discovered during a routine audit.