Robots that can navigate different types of terrain could help scientists collect information in hard-to-reach places. That navigation can be tricky, however. For example, launching a robot from the ...

NAFDAC explained that only welders are permitted to use calcium carbide for tasks such as melting iron and not sold to fruit vendors. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global calcium carbide market report. This market research report also lists 11 other prominent vendors ...

[MacGyver] would be proud of [Hyperspace Pirate]’s rough and ready method of producing acetylene gas from seashells and driftwood. Acetylene, made by decomposing calcium carbide with water, is a ...

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After around 1915, miners debated which technology they favored to light their work underground, a carbide lamp or a battery light. Both were superior to candles and oil lamps that would blow out when ...