10 Awesome Science Experiments to Watch
Check out this video of 10 really cool science experiments done by Home Science. While these are really cool to…
Colorful secrets of chemical elements with slow motion flames
If you are a “Game of Thrones” series fan like I am, upon looking at the picture of green flame…
Water droplet computer can algorithmically manipulate physical matter
Researchers at Stanford have built a synchronous computer that operates using the unique physics of moving water droplets. The droplet…
Cheap and simple desalination unit runs from battery
Using a small electrical field that removes the salts from seawater, German and American scientists have invented a new method…
Bucky ball “cage” imprisons smaller molecules
A quantum parlor trick where smaller molecules are “caged” inside the nano-meter sized cavity of a spherical bucky ball (C60…
Entropy the major player in chirality conundrum
Why many of the important molecules in our bodies almost always occur in just one chiral form (either right or…
Top chemical suspects in autism identified
US medical researchers have published their list of the top 10 chemicals believed to be implicated in autism and other…
Water not necessary for life?
The proteins that are vital to living creatures evolved in Earth’s water-rich environment and it was thought that water was…
Reverse engineering chocolate yields flavor surprise
The aroma of roasted cocoa beans – the key ingredient of chocolate – comes from substances that individually smell like…
Penn State researchers uncover new type of symmetry
The discovery of a new type of symmetry in the structure of materials will greatly expand the options available for…
Scientists accidentally discover “astounding” hair growth compound
Investigating how stress affects gastrointestinal function, scientists say they’ve unwittingly stumbled upon a chemical compound – astressin-B – that induces…