It feels good to give a gift that will last, especially one with an educational element. Paige and Adam Jacobson, the Science Siblings, put together a few gift ideas for anyone interested in Science, ...

The Science Siblings love an at-home experiment. Paige and Adam Jacobson went the chemistry route with this one, concocting “elephant toothpaste.” Start by adding the food coloring to the hydrogen ...

Every cell of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the organism that causes malaria, contains a tiny compartment full of microscopic iron crystals. As long as the parasite is alive, the crystals ...

Mark Harmon crouches low next to log number 219: a moss-covered western hemlock tree trunk, five meters long, lying dead on the ground in the lush green woods. It’s marked by a thin aluminum tag. The ...

Bereket Mamo, a graduate student and contractor at Southwest Research Institute, conducts laboratory experiments to simulate hydrogen peroxide production on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. Scientists ...

A recent study published in Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research explores how nutritional amino acids (AAs)—both essential (EAAs) and nonessential (NEAAs)—affect the breakdown of polystyrene ...

This article provides a comprehensive method for utilizing a thermogravimetric analyzer to measure mass loss in alumina, including specific considerations for precise and consistent results. Precisely ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. As a new explosive is developed, it undergoes rigorous testing designed to help scientists learn more about it.

American forests are important sources of carbon sequestration, storing millions of tons of carbon dioxide each year. However, a unique experiment led by Peter Reich, University of Michigan professor ...