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Facts About Bismuth
By Carol Stoll published
Properties, sources and uses of the element bismuth.
Facts About Chromium
By Carol Stoll published
Properties, sources and uses of the element chromium.
Chemists May Have Found the 'Missing Link' to the First Life on Earth
By Dave Roos published
The search for the ancient chemical origins of life has a new candidate — a multitasking enzyme that may have set the evolutionary ball rolling.
Facts About Barium
By Carol Stoll published
Properties, sources and uses of the element barium.
Watch Acetone Vapor Melt a Calculator Like a Salvador Dalí Painting
By Jesse Emspak published
Here's how one YouTube user literally dissolved a calculator, creating a surreal and hypnotic video of the cool chemistry.
What Is a Polymer?
By Alina Bradford published
Polymers are materials made of long, repeating chains of molecules. There are natural and synthetic polymers, including proteins and rubber, and glass and epoxies.
Facts About Neptunium
By Carol Stoll published
Properties, sources and uses of the element neptunium.
Facts About Beryllium
By Agata Blaszczak-Boxe published
Beryllium is one of the lightest metals and has one of the highest melting points among the light metals.
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