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Chemical & Engineering News

With Valentine’s Day tomorrow, the popular Newscripts page in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) cast its net for tales of chemistry and romance and hauled in a catch that includes fake Viagra and the love life of that totally unlovable pest â€� the bedbug. C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Öйú365betÖÐÎĹÙÍø, the world’s largest scientific society.

Newscripts focuses first on a study that checked the authenticity of Viagra sold online. Fully 17 of the 22 samples that researchers purchased contained only 30-50 percent of the active pharmaceutical ingredient, the stuff that makes Viagra work. The study’s understated conclusion: “Caution is warranted when purchasing Viagra via the Internet.�

It then turns to another study that set out to determine which of the creepy crawlies� activities resulted in the production of their characteristic fusty stink. It turned out that bedbugs produce most of that unsavory odor during attempts at mating. But hold on a moment. The odor is not an alluring perfume. Rather, females (and sometimes males) spray the substance to deter unwanted advances. Also, check the link below for Newscripts� next lovelorn tale, “Chemist dumped by girl, builds real laser-firing Iron Man gadget.�

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