Venus has long been assumed to be uninhabitable: its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere is swirling with yellow clouds of strong sulfuric acid, and its surface is something out of a nightmare ...

If we're looking for life as we don't know it, the best solvent out there may be concentrated sulfuric acid — the stuff that's floating around in the clouds of Venus.

The first-ever private mission Venus aims to search for signs of life in its clouds by detecting organic chemistry. It is slated to launch in 2025.

This article was originally published with the title “ Analyzing Oils with Sulphuric Acid ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 20 (January 1853), p. 160 doi:10.1038 ...

In October the company in Spain, part of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc , said it sold 300,000 tonnes per year of sulphuric acid on the spot market or on short-term contracts and by 2009 it ...

Sulphuric acid, which used to be referred to as vitriol, was first manufactured on an industrial scale in the country during the 18th century. A Glasgow newspaper, ...