Collaborate Disseminate
Researchers have created a form of platinum that can remain liquid at room temperature, by mixing tiny amounts of the precious metal with gallium. This new liquid platinum performs catalytic reactions more efficiently than a solid platinum catalyst, us… Continue reading Powerful platinum catalyst remains liquid at room temperature
Plastics, by and large, are well-understood materials. Not as strong as most metals, but often much lighter, these man-made polymers have found innumerable applications that have revolutionized the way we …read more Continue reading Two-Dimensional Polymer Is A New Ultra-Strong Material
It seems like whenever the topic of rocket science comes up, the conversation quickly shifts to that of rocket fuels. As discussed in the excellent [Scott Manley] video below the …read more Continue reading Grocery Store Rocket Fuel: Don’t Try This At Home!
Most of us probably have some vivid memories of high school or college chemistry lab, where the principles of the science were demonstrated, and where we all got at least …read more Continue reading Big Chemistry: From Gasoline to Wintergreen
Chemical engineers at MIT have pulled off something that was once thought impossible. By polymerizing material in two different directions at once, they have created a polymer that is very …read more Continue reading As Light as Plastic; As Strong as Steel
There’s a lot of magic in Lithium-ion batteries that we typically take for granted and don’t dig deeper into. Why is the typical full charge voltage 4.2 V and not …read more Continue reading Li-ion Battery Low-Level Intricacies Explained Excellently
Chances are good that if you’ve done any 3D printing, it was of the standard fused deposition modeling variety. FDM is pretty simple stuff — get a bit of plastic …read more Continue reading Plastics: Photopolymers for 3D Printing and Beyond
Sometimes it begins to feel like a tradition that a certain substance or group of substances become highly popular due to certain highly desirable chemical or physical properties, only for …read more Continue reading PFAS: The Organofluorines Your Biochemist Warned You About
[Chase’s] post titled “How to Grow Sodium Chloride Crystals at Home” might as well be called “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Salt Crystals (but Were Afraid to Ask).” …read more Continue reading The (Sodium Chloride) Crystal Method
Science is built on reproducibility; if someone else can replicate your results, chances are pretty good that you’re looking at the truth. And there’s no statute of limitations on reproducibility; …read more Continue reading A Fascinating Plot Twist as Researchers Recreate Classic “Primordial Soup” Experiment