If you accidentally get Gorilla Glue on your skin, think twice before using a popular removal hack and try using a safer alternative method instead.

One of the ingredients required for making cordite is acetone, a volatile liquid compound used as a solvent. Acetone is made from starch and Britain needed to look for sources of starch.

Currently, methanol, ethanol and acetone are distilled on campus. If your lab generates other solvent waste, contact EH&S to see if they may be good candidates for the solvent recycling program.

Instead of acetone, the guys at protoparadigm are using tetrahydrofuran, or THF, as a solvent for PLA ... you still need to use it in a well ventilated area with nitrile gloves, but the same ...