Chemistry - Page 9

October 21, 2015

Deflate-gate: The science of underinflated footballs

With the so-called “deflate-gate” controversy still swirling around the New England Patriots, experts have explained the science of underinflated footballs to FoxNews.com.

October 21, 2015

Mmm! Unraveling the chemistry of Christmas cookies

It's Christmas cookie time, and everyone's got a recipe or two they swear by, whether their loyalties lie with frosted sugar cookies or gently spiced gingerbread

October 21, 2015

How a Virginia suburb became an Ebola epicenter

It’s a little known fact, or perhaps a dark matter best forgotten, but the child care facility on Isaac Newton Square in Reston, Va., was once the epicenter of a new strain of Ebola.

October 21, 2015

Ask a science teacher: What makes the colors in fireworks?

There is much chemistry and physics in fireworks; the color of fireworks, for one thing, is all in the chemicals. Your basic fireworks have been around for hundreds of years.

October 21, 2015

A cure for the hangover is near, scientist says

A scientist exploring the effect of alcohol on the brain is busy devising a substitute that can remove the health threats of alcohol on the liver, heart and brain.

October 21, 2015

World's thinnest glass shatters records -- by accident

It's an earth-shattering record. At just one molecule thick, researchers at Cornell and Germany's University of Ulm discovered the world's thinnest sheet of glass -- by accident.

October 21, 2015

NASA starts making plutonium again

After a 25-year hiatus, the Unites States has produced its first non-weapons grade plutonium needed to power space probes when solar energy won’t suffice.

October 21, 2015

The Radioactive Orchestra: Band uses nuclear isotopes to make music

Every second in your body, thousands of tiny isotopes are bursting with radioactive decay. And, all around you, imperceptible gamma rays explode in a brilliant but invisible lightshow. And they've just formed a live band.

October 21, 2015

Researchers convert sewer sludge to diesel alternative

Researchers at Mississippi State University have created a patented process which turns our by-products into an alternative diesel energy source. 

October 21, 2015

New super-heavy Element 117 confirmed by scientists

Atoms of a new super-heavy element the as-yet-unnamed element 117 have reportedly been created by scientists in Germany, moving it closer to being officially recognized as part of the standard periodic table.