Chemists have discovered a way to use light and oxygen to upcycle polystyrene -- a type of plastic found in many common items -- into benzoic acid, a product stocked in undergraduate and high school ...

For decades, researchers have tried to cocrystallize caffeine and benzoic acid. The combination is of interest for potential pharmaceutical applications such as headache treatments. Although ...

OVER the past week, Nigerians have been inundated with various reports about safety of soft drinks. Specifically, the controversy has been on a preservative known as benzoic acid, used in soft drinks ...