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Analytical Chemistry Mar 14, 2024

Vinegar and baking soda: A cleaning hack or just a bunch of fizz?

Vinegar and baking soda are staples in the kitchen. Many of us have combined them in childhood scientific experiments: think fizzy volcanoes and geysers.

General Physics Feb 26, 2024

Laser-focused look at spinning electrons shatters world record for precision

Scientists are getting a more detailed look than ever before at the electrons they use in precision experiments.

Environment Apr 20, 2023

Nitrous oxide: Why the environment isn't amused about laughing gas

A young man breathes deeply from a gas-filled bag. He begins to feel a pleasurable sensation "particularly in the chest and extremities" before dancing around and then collapsing in a heap. A few minutes later he comes to ...

Polymers Nov 30, 2022

Coating could protect multiple surfaces, including monuments, from various levels of erosion

Researchers in the Center for Photochemical Sciences at Bowling Green State University have developed a coating system that shows promise in preserving historical monuments—and possibly much more.

Materials Science Aug 4, 2022

Water can't touch this sanded, powdered surface

Want a surface that won't get wet? Grab some sandpaper.

Space Exploration Feb 9, 2022

Workers clean Apollo 16 spaceship ahead of 50th anniversary

The Apollo 16 capsule is dusty all these decades after it carried three astronauts to the moon. Cobwebs cling to the spacecraft. Business cards, a pencil, money, a spoon and even a tube of lip balm litter the floor of the ...

Social Sciences Jan 18, 2021

How COVID-19 has changed what we watch and how we watch it

University of Virginia Darden School of Business professor Anthony Palomba is an expert in media management, an interdisciplinary academic discipline that examines how audiences consume media and entertainment products and ...

Environment Jul 2, 2019

It takes years to fully recover from big storms like Sandy

The 2012 hurricane widely known as Superstorm Sandy left at least an estimated 325,000 New Jersey homes damaged or destroyed. Nearly seven years later, many of the New Jersey residents who have not fully recovered have to ...

Archaeology Mar 18, 2019

Giant squid gets makeover before showtime

A little elbow grease, some formaldehyde, and a lot of ingenuity—that's what it took for taxidermists at the Museum of Natural History to prettify a giant squid along with a coelacanth, a rare fish known as the "living ...

Consumer & Gadgets Mar 23, 2018

Amazon Echo vs Google Home vs Apple HomePod: Which is right for you?

You've no doubt heard the buzz about smart speakers. Why else would you be reading this article? A few years ago, if you wanted a smart speaker with a hands-free digital assistant, there was only one option. The Amazon Echo ...

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