It’s volatile, corrosive, and absolutely unforgiving. Making fuming nitric acid isn’t just chemistry—it’s controlled chaos ...

Many sewage treatment plants are equipped to process waste using anaerobic digestion, in which the sewage sludge is held in ...

Deep in space, an ancient brown dwarf nicknamed "The Accident" has revealed the first-ever detection of a molecule that ...

In Tales of Militant Chemistry, Alice Lovejoy traces how film giants Kodak and Agfa helped produce weapons of war during the 20th century.

Corpse plants definitely earn their nickname. Their pungent odors attract not only the carrion insects – beetles and flies normally drawn to decomposing meat – that pollinate the plants, but also ...

You won’t believe these bands still have all their original members The history of popular music reads like a chronicle of ...

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the ...

"Makemake is one of the largest and brightest icy worlds beyond Neptune, and its surface is dominated by frozen methane," said Silvia Protopapa, lead author, in a statement. "The Webb telescope has ...

Spices are as old as humankind itself! They have led to the creation and loss of empires. Even new continents were discovered because of spices. There are numerous spices mentioned in the Bible, such ...

From PittconReviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc.Sep 2 2025 Thought LeadersEric MonroeHead, Scientific Library Section, Preservation Research and Testing DivisionThe Library of Congress Eric Monroe shares ...

The documentary series “American Experience” begins an abbreviated schedule this week. A victim of the federal funding take-back, it has suspended production and laid off its staff. By Mike Hale The ...