Before I go into seabed minerals, a bit about the  Winter Olympics.  There will be a lot to see today, for the USA had only two total medals as of yesterday.    Here is the current medals standing .  We're up to 11. Olympics Medal Leaders Gold Silver Bronze Total Norway Italy United States 7 4 4 2 2 5 4 7 2 13 13 11 For details, go to the official   Milano Cortina Winter Games page . First, some background about my experience with seabed mining.  My professional career was great, but frustrating in one particular area. To begin, my PhD is in biochemical engineering. I began teaching/researching at the University of Hawaii in 1972. I worked in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1982. I returned to the University of Hawaii, and in 1984 became director of the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute.  HNEI was co-center with the University of Mississippi as the Department of Interior's Marine Mineral Technology Center, which focused on seabed mining and relate...

Ever heard of hypochlorous acid?  New to me.  Also for my computer, as it says I'm spelling this wrong.  But more and more I'm reading that a  bottle of hypochlorous acid spray is becoming a must have at home item .  An   introduction . Chemical formula of ClOH, or just chlorine, oxygen and hydrogen.  Sometimes called HOCl. Discovered in  1834 by French chemist Antoine Jerome Balard. Before antibiotics, hypochlorous acid was a go-to disinfectant. Widely used in World War I. However, the lack of shelf stability prevented it from becoming a household staple. All mammals naturally make hypochlorous acid to fight infection. It is an acid that forms chlorine when dissolved in water. Your white blood cells make hypochlorous acid as a tool against foreign bodies. Will destroy pathogens in low concentrations.   Good spray for open wounds. E. coli  exposed to hypochlorous acid loses viability in less than 0.1 seconds.  100% growth inhib...