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  • Labeled jar of baking soda with a spoon of baking soda in front
    By Tiffany Betts 5 days ago

    How Does Baking Soda Get Rid Of Odors So Well?

    It's common knowledge that placing an open box of baking soda in a stinky fridge can eliminate the smells, but why does this actually work?

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  • A man's hands are seen using a bottle of hand sanitizer resting on a countertop
    By Joe Roberts 5 days ago

    What Are The Little Beads In Hand Sanitizer For

    After living through the pandemic, everyone is familiar with hand sanitizer, but how many know what those tiny beads are in their hand wash?

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  • A gloved hand holds a lithium-ion battery
    By Daniel Meagher 6 days ago

    What Happens If The World Runs Out Of Lithium?

    Whether you know it or not, lithium is one of the most important elements humans have made use of, but what happens if our supply dries up?

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  • Close up of a human nose with a representation of scent overlaid
    By Daniel Allen 8 days ago

    The Superhuman Smelling Ability That Could Actually Save Lives

    "Superhuman smell" sounds like a phrase that belongs in a world of superheroes and villains, but it's real. And it might have some major medical ramifications.

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  • row of wind turbines on a sunny day
    By Elias Nash 11 days ago

    What Happens To Used Windmill Blades? You Might Be Surprised

    Despite Wind turbines being a popular source of green energy, their blades are responsible for tons of landfill waste, but there may be a solution.

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  • A chunk of chocolate is seen falling into liquid chocolate
    By Joe Roberts 1 month ago

    Here's What Chocolate Looks Like Under A Microscope

    As delicious as chocolate is, it's not really much to look at, unless you happen to be looking at it through the eyes of an electron microscope.

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  • hand holding spray can of WD-40
    By Elias Nash 1 month ago

    What Does WD-40 Stand For?

    WD-40 is one of those things that's so ubiquitous that it tends to be overlooked, and most people probably don't even know what it stands for.

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  • Microplastics on a fingertip
    By Eric James Beyer 2 months ago

    We Might Be Able To Say Goodbye To Microplastics In Water With One Simple Trick

    Microplastics are starting to become a major environmental problem, but there might be a simple solution to remove them from your drinking water.

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  • Coffee grounds in an espresso machine
    By Eric James Beyer 2 months ago

    Using Coffee Grounds In Concrete Has An Unexpected Effect

    The world drinks a lot of coffee, which comes at the cost of a lot of coffee waste, but we may have found a way to use it in concrete.

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  • Scientist using a pipette dropper to test contents of tube beaker in a laboratory
    By Tiffany Betts 2 months ago

    5 Ways Recombinant DNA Technology Has Changed Lives

    You're not likely to hear it brought up in casual conversation, but recombinant DNA has changed the world in a relatively short period of time.

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  • Broken pieces of dark chocolate bar are seen in a pile
    By Joe Roberts 2 months ago

    The Science Behind Why Dark Chocolate Is So Bitter

    Dark chocolate is a delicious confection enjoyed by millions despite its inherent bitter flavor, but what is it that makes it bitter?

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  • digital illustration of a DNA strand
    By Elias Nash 2 months ago

    The 3 Parts Of A Nucleotide Explained

    DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

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  • Scientist measuring out crystalline orange solid onto a scale
    By Lee Johnson 2 months ago

    How To Convert A Percentage To Mg/Kg

    Unit conversions are a big part of any scientific field, so it's especially helpful to know how to convert between various units of concentration.

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  • Pressure gauge on gas pipes
    By Chris Deziel 2 months ago

    How To Convert ATM To Moles Of Gas

    Gas pressure is important to many fields, and it can be measured in many different ways. Two of the relevant units in this case are atmospheres and moles.

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  • Three flasks filled with yellow, orange, and purple solutions
    By Riti Gupta 2 months ago

    How To Convert Milligrams Per Liter To Molarity

    Concentrations are something that chemists need to know, but there are different ways to express that value clearly, depending on the circumstances.

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  • Flasks and beakers filled with water against blue background
    By Lipi Gupta 2 months ago

    How To Convert Ppm To Micrograms Per Cubic Meter

    Unit conversions are a helpful thing in many different parts of everyday life, and that's also true when it comes to measures of concentration.

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  • Close up of amethyst crystals on green background
    By Pearl Lewis 2 months ago

    How To Find Lattice Constant

    Crystals are fascinating and beautiful to many people for many reasons, but there's also quite a bit of science behind them, including the lattice constant.

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  • Close-up of an unlabeled reagent bottle in a laboratory
    By Tiffany Betts 3 months ago

    Eriochrome Black T Solution Preparation

    Used for dyeing and testing for metal ions, among others, preparing a solution of Eriochrome Black T is simple and has a variety of applications.

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  • Erlenmeyer flask of sodium hydroxide (NaOH)
    By Elias Nash 3 months ago

    How To Calculate The Normality Of NaOH

    In chemistry, normality is a way to represent the concentration of a solution. Luckily, calculating its value is a pretty straightforward thing to do.

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  • Bubbles rising in blue-tinted water
    By Tiffany Betts 3 months ago

    How To Make Negatively Charged Water

    In general, water is a neutrally charged molecule, but there are some ways to give it a negative charge. What's more, the process is a quick and easy one.

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  • asteroid flying above the surface of Earth from space
    By Joe Roberts 3 months ago

    Terrestrial Life May Not Have Started On Earth

    Nobody knows how life began on Earth, but some tantalizing clues from an asteroid suggest it might not have started here.

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  • Scientist inserting cuvette with pink liquid into spectrophotometer
    By Denielle Radcliff 3 months ago

    How To Use A Spectrophotometer

    Spectrophotometers are used to determine how much light a solution can absorb, indicating its concentration. Fortunately, the process isn't too complicated.

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  • Closed jars filled with fermenting vegetables
    By Lan Luo 3 months ago

    5 Uses Of Fermentation

    Fermentation is a process you're probably familar wikth due to its associations with food. But it's a lot more ubiquitous than that, seeing use in many fields.

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  • Two flasks filled with yellow and blue liquid on a desk
    By Maria Kielmas 3 months ago

    How To Neutralize Muriatic Acid

    Muriatic acid is a dangerous substance that should be neutralized if accidentally spilled. Fortunately, there's a simple and safe way to do just that.

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  • Black and white close up of Marie Curie looking serious
    By Elaine Todd 3 months ago

    The Tragic Story Of The Scientist Destroyed By Her Own Discoveries

    Scientific research can be a dangerous thing, a fact that becomes clear with the aid of hindsight. And that's no more true than in the case of this scientist.

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  • Flask with pink liquid and pH strip
    By Kevin Beck 3 months ago

    How To Calculate The Percentage Of Ionization Given The pH

    pH is a measure of the strength of an acid or base, but it's also indicative of the percentage of ionization. As such, you can calculate one from the other.

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  • Hand holding pH indicator strip over beaker filled with blue liquid
    By Claire Gillespie 3 months ago

    How To Calculate The PH Of NaOH

    While pH testing strips can be used to determine the strength of NaOH, it's also possible to calculate that value using little more than a simple process.

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