What is a polymer?
Polymer is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules, or macromolecules, composed of many repeating subunits. Due to…
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Chemical Composition Of Meteorites
Meteorites are the remains of space rocks that have fallen to Earths surface (a space rock still in space is…
We Have Breached The Safe Planetary Limit For Synthetic Chemicals
From sea to land to sky, Earth’s systems are contaminated with synthetic substances, and scientists warn it has already pushed…
Standard Model: The Absolutely Amazing Theory of Almost Everything
The Standard Model. What a dull name for the most accurate scientific theory known to human beings. More than a…
What are carbon nanotubes?
Carbon nanotubes are tubes made of carbon with diameters typically measured in nanometers. Carbon nanotubes often refer to single-wall carbon…
What is the Uranium glass?
Uranium glass is glass which has had uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, added to a glass mix before melting…
Introducing the Kinetic Theory of Gases
Kinetic theory of gases is a simple, historically significant classical model of the thermodynamic behavior of gases, with which many…
What is the quasicrystal?
Quasicrystal is a structure that is ordered but not periodic. A quasicrystalline pattern can continuously fill all available space, but…
The Actual Science Behind Blowing Bubbles
One of our favorite childhood activities has been blowing bubbles using a soap film. Researchers at the New York University…
What is the Hydrocarbon?
Hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons are generally colourless and hydrophobic with only weak…