Time Has Only Strengthened These Ancient Roman Walls
In the 1st century CE, Pliny the Elder wrote that Roman seawalls grew "every day stronger." Turns out he was right.
In the 1st century CE, Pliny the Elder wrote that Roman seawalls grew "every day stronger." Turns out he was right.
Blame chemistry.
It won him first prize at the science fair.
Melanin gives our eyes, hair, and skin their colors, but it can also protect against UV rays, store energy, and a whole lot more.
The new type of polymer would replace crude oil in mostly sustainable plastic.
A new video from the American Chemical Society breaks down the science of a substance that we can't break down.
Neon burns red, argon glows blue.
It's all about entropy.
From academic tool to popular children's toy, the chemistry set has had a long journey to become an iconic toy.
Your morning routine gets quantified by mathematical models.
In The Wonderful World Of Tupperware™ Plastics, we learn the benefits of Tupperware™, "made from polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene—relative newcomers to the wonderful world of imagination and industry." This is precisely what that guy in The Gr
This year, the Nobel Prize celebrated research on molecular machines, cells' recycling mechanisms, and discoveries about unusual states of matter.
Researchers analyzed 20 sets of human remains from one of the many workhouses where entire families were institutionalized—and made to work long hours—as a "remedy" to poverty.
Researchers hope to have the casein packaging on grocery store shelves within the next three years.
The discovery could make oil spill clean-ups more efficient.
Plus: why you really shouldn’t swallow the pits.
Scientists have found a simple way to get hydrogen out of fescue grass.
Ripening peppers are the butterflies of the vegetable world, undergoing extraordinary chemical transformations.
This could make cleanup methods faster and safer.
In five months, they'll be official.
Ava Winery is trying to recreate the world's most sought-after wines in the lab and on the cheap.