Tag: chemistry
How animals get their skin patterns is a matter of physics...
Ankur Gupta, University of Colorado Boulder
Patterns on animal skin, such as zebra stripes and poison frog color patches,...
Asteroids in the solar system could contain undiscovered, superheavy elements
Johann Rafelski, University of Arizona
For centuries, the quest for new elements was a driving force in many scientific...
New class of recyclable polymer materials could one day help reduce...
Katherine Harry, Colorado State University and Emma Rettner, Colorado State University
Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic...
Rancid food smells and tastes gross − AI tools may help...
Carlos D. Garcia, Clemson University and Lucas de Brito Ayres, Clemson University
Have you ever bitten into a nut...
The bubbly chemistry behind carbonated beverages
Michael W. Crowder, Miami University
Many people love the refreshing effervescence of a soda, champagne, beer or sparkling water....
Glass: Neither a solid nor a liquid, this common yet complicated...
John Mauro, Penn State and Katelyn Kirchner, Penn State
Glass is a material of many faces: It is both...
Researchers turned superglue into a recyclable, cheap, oil-free plastic alternative
Allison Christy, Boise State University and Scott Phillips, Boise State University
The Research Brief is a short take about...
Water was both essential and a barrier to early life on...
Nicolás M. Morato, Purdue University
It’s a paradox: Life needs water to survive, but a world full of water...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
