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Does Distilled Water Conduct Electricity? How Water Conducts Electric Currents

By: Feature Writer Megan Jungwi

The Uses of Hydrogen Peroxide: A Reagent that Bleaches, Cleans and Creates Fluorescence

By: Jennifer Graham

Telling the Difference Between Gemstones: How Scientists and Industry Professionals Identify Gemstones

By: Feature Writer Megan Jungwi

How Shampoo Works: The Chemistry Behind Shampoo's Cleansing Action

By: Feature Writer Megan Jungwi

Why Water and Oil Don't Mix: Here's Why Oil Does Not Dissolve in Water

By: Feature Writer Megan Jungwi

The History of Polystyrene: How the Widely Used Expanded Packaging Material was Developed

By: Simon Davies

Everyday Chemistry Investigation Projects: Research the Science of Normal Life using Scientific Method

By: Simon Davies

How DVDs and CDs Store Data: Reading and Writing a Digital Versatile Disk or Compact Disk

By: Martin Bell

Why Does Red Cabbage Change Color When Cooked? Red Anthocyanin Pigments in Cabbage Turn Color with Changes in pH

By: Stephanie Jolly

Physics of Ice and Water: Water's Liquid and Solid Phases Are Vastly Different

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Properties and Uses of Sodium Bicarbonate: Baking Soda Bicarbonate has Powerful Effects and Myriad Applications

By: Harry P. Schlanger

Silicon - Applications of the Ubiquitous Element: In Many Periods, the Uses of Silicon Compounds Have Defined the Age

By: Anthony Toole

Zinc, Wide Usage of a Modest Metal: One of the Earliest Metals to have Appeared in Human History

By: Anthony Toole

Water The Greenhouse Gas in a Glass: Structure of Water Molecules and Role in Climate Change

By: Andy Allison

Rhubarb and Other Poisons: This Delicious Food Contains a Highly Toxic Chemical

By: Anthony Toole

Chlorine For Water Treatment: Why is Such a Dangerous Chemical Added to Water?

By: Simon Davies

Carbon Monoxide: Useful but Deadly: The Silent Killer Used to Make Detergents and Acetic Acid

By: Simon Davies

The Chemistry of Glass: The Composition and Properties of Different Types of Silica Glass

By: Simon Davies

Surfactants: Cleaning Chemicals: How do Soap and Washing-Up Liquid Work?

By: Simon Davies

Kevlar: Bullet-Proof Polymer: Plastic that is Five Times Stronger than Steel

By: Simon Davies

Is Salt Bad for You? Does Sodium Chloride Causes High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease?

By: Simon Davies

Wine Chemistry: The Importance of Chemical Understanding in Wine Manufacture

By: Simon Davies

How do Batteries Work? The Portable Electricity Source is Indispensable in Modern Life

By: Simon Davies

How does Aspirin Work? Explaining the chemistry and biochemistry of Acetylsalicylic Acid

By: Simon Davies

Effects of Caffeine: Caffeine in Coffee, Tea and Chocolate is addictive and harmful

By: Simon Davies

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