The periodic table of chemical elements turns 150 in 2019.
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Wishing you a Happy International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements on the occasion of its 150th birthday in 2019!
The new ‘Spider-Man’ video game isn’t just fun and games – it’s also science.
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The latest version of the Spider-Man video game offers insights into how science could be taught more effectively to today’s college students, a researcher and video game enthusiast suggests.
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New research suggests ultrasound could make henna-based hair dyes more effective.
A recent study estimates that high temperatures and drought will lead to drastic losses for all major food crops, including maize and wheat.
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The microbes living in the soils around plant roots can help plants deal with a variety of stresses.
Theodor Benfey’s spira table (1964).
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There have been some rather wacky looking suggestions for arranging the chemical elements.
Are you in the market for some sparkle?
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Whether forged by geological processes or laboratory techniques, diamonds are diamonds. Their unique properties mean they have applications that are not bling-related as well.
Snapchat has utility in laboratory settings.
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The use of the popular mobile application for multimedia sharing in a large laboratory class was shown to enhance the students’ learning experiences.
Beakers.
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A PhD student in chemistry addresses some of the most common misconceptions about chemistry.
Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists on Oct. 23, between 6:02 a.m. and 6:02 p.m. The time and date are derived from Avogadro’s number.
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Chemists sure know how to party. And here is the proof. On October 23rd they celebrate their hallowed unit: the mole. Find out what that’s all about.
Evolution is not just for living beings.
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Artificial intelligence research owes a lot to biology and chemistry.
Frances Arnold, George Smith and Gregory Winter have won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to work on how to use the principles of evolution to create new medical treatments and renewable fuels.
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In the EU, 31% of plastic products go to landfill: but a process called “cold plasma pyrolysis” could turn them into clean fuels.
A Mobius strip.
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The inventor of the brain-teasing Möbius strip died 150 years ago, but his creation continues to spawn new ideas in mathematics.
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We know how to stop solid minerals converting to a liquid state mid voyage – so why does it still happen?
Your nose knows what’s on the way.
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A weather expert explains where petrichor – that pleasant, earthy scent that accompanies a storm’s first raindrops – comes from.
Used once and done.
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Research is yielding strategies for making plastics greener and more sustainable. But without support as they scale up, new versions will struggle to compete with well-established synthetic plastics.
A teacher puts one of the c*hemRoots kits to the test.
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For many learners science, and especially chemistry, remains a textbook phenomenon.
There’s a reason we apologise to our livers after a big night, and it’s not pretty.
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What is it that makes us feel drunk when we drink? And why do we keep drinking if it can make us feel so terrible?
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Put simply, it’s the outcome of a chemical reaction, which humans learned how to make some 400,000 years ago.
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Even a small cloud can weigh as much as four tonnes – but gravity, chemistry and temperature keep them floating in the sky.