More recently, increased attention has been given to the use of the Goeckerman therapy in cases of severe psoriasis that have proven resistant to biologic therapy. The Goeckerman Regimen typically ...

In the 1990s, coal tar was discovered under wetland soil in Greenville, just outside Unity Park. Today, the state is preparing to clean it up through a multi-year excavation proposal. But ...

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Two young Harvard chemists wrote a modest note to the American Chemical Society. It said: “We wish to record the first total synthesis of quinine.” So ended a 90-year-old search for a method of ...

Carbon materials produced from coal tar and petroleum pitch have aroused considerable interest over recent decades owing to their versatile applications and the relative abundance of their precursors.

Coal tar, also known as liquor carbonis detergens, is a thick, black sticky material occurring as a by-product in the industrial use of coal for fuel. 1 A naturally occurring phenomenon of tar is ...