Fire is a dangerous necessity. We need it to stay warm in the winter, cook our food, and forge the materials that our buildings are made out of. However, it is a frightening fact of life that when given even the slightest liberty, the element can destroy lives. Scientist Jaime Grunlan, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, has recently developed a way to help those at risk of being burned and drastically reduce fire’s potential effect.
There are very few things that bother me more than stains on my clothes. Unfortunately, I am the most accident prone out of all of my friends and am constantly spilling and splattering anything and everything all over my shirts. As a result, I am a walking Tide commercial; I have a Tide-To-Go stick in every purse I own because they are safe on all materials from tweed to cotton fabric. As such a messy individual, I have often dreamed of a day when I would never have to worry about ruining my favorite items of clothing with everything from chocolate syrup to tomato sauce. It appears that my dreams are finally coming true thanks to the marvels of modern science.
