Water may be one of the simplest of molecules, but chemists know that it has more tricks up its sleeve than a magician.
It was US president Ronald Reagan who, in 1986, initiated an executive order for urine drug testing for federal employees.
In the beginning, there was hydrogen, which made the stars, which produced heavier elements and upon their deaths dispersed them through the Universe.
What is scientific glassblowing? It’s a simple enough question but for many it’s a mystery that conjures up an image of technicians removing molten globs of glass from a furnace.
This book is intriguing in that it makes a virtue of having as its dramatis personae a group of seven now all but forgotten physical scientists who worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A review of 'Arsenic is everywhere: Cause for concern?' by William R. Cullen and Kenneth J. Reimer