Chemical Reactions

Scientists may finally understand the mysterious transition behind a century-old chemistry experiment involving metals.

A classic chemistry demonstration gets supersized in a recent Twitter video.

A GIF shows kids playing inside a huge tower of bubbles.

A way-cool clip posted on Reddit shows the strange phenomenon of a "snap freeze."

A weird GIF highlights the magic of ferrofluids.

Why does this drop of liquid look like a spinning galaxy? It's complicated.

A glass tube filled with lightning sparked plenty of attention after it was posted on Reddit this month. Here's the science behind the trick.

Steel wool is absolutely magnificent when lit on fire, as Reddit user ChazDodge showed in a recent video that makes the wiry, burning puff look like the death of the planet Krypton.

Here's how one YouTube user literally dissolved a calculator, creating a surreal and hypnotic video of the cool chemistry.

The video is an "exploration of visual art under a microscope."

This 4th of July let’s enjoy the spectacular displays inside us, too.

For more than 100 years, scientists have “peered” at atoms in a crystal by analysing the way they scatter X-rays.

Amazing video shows the chemical reaction that takes place when a match is lit.

The scientists laid the foundation for powerful computer models that are used to understand and predict complex chemical processes.