Improving the Periodic Table
Find out why the Periodic Table of Elements is systematically brilliant. Also, get two free periodic tables that you can download and print for your classroom or dining room wall.
Tag: chemistry
Reformulate, Reshape, Recycle! The Future of How to Make Plastic
Certain plastics are easier to recycle based on their internal structure. Scientists can change that structure to increase what we recycle.
ChatGPT Chemistry Assistant Speeds Up Data Work
ChatGPT can be used as a chemistry assistant to accelerate chemists’ ability to analyze published research and predict chemical reaction outcomes.
Odor Profiles and the Future of Forensic Evidence
Odor profiles are an emerging way to identify and classify individuals based on the chemical compounds naturally released from our hands.
Wood Ants Make Defensive Cocktails Against Microbes
By Neha Jain @lifesciexplore Wood ants are natural mixologists, concocting their own defensive cocktails, a new study finds. They protect…
Robust Rice Varieties Cut Costs and Pollution
By Neha Jain @lifesciexplore Climate change coupled with our growing population is putting tremendous pressure on world food production, especially…
Living on Nothing but Coffee
Can you imagine living on nothing but coffee? Some of us would probably like to at times, if not for the taste then for the caffeine buzz.
Winter Hack: New Rubber Grips Icy Surfaces
Winter storms dumped record amounts of snow on the East Coast and other regions of the United States this year,…
New, Durable Self-cleaning Surfaces
Put away the polish! A new paint that creates self-cleaning surfaces has been developed by a research team at University…
Science of Sloshing: Why Foam is Important
Have you noticed that adding foam to the top of a coffee makes walking with it easier? Foam reduces sloshing…