Table of Contents What is crystal? Crystal is simply a regular, repeating arrangement of particles. These particles are known as atoms. Atoms are the fundamental units that make up everything that we see in the world! The device that you’re reading this on? Atoms! Tables and chairs? Atoms! Imagine you […]

Table of Contents Liquid, solid or powder, all soaps work similarly Soap is so easily available nowadays that we often take it for granted. Though soap became commonly used around 1000 years ago, it took a long time for people to realize just how useful it is! Disease was mysterious

Batteries come in various sizes, shapes, and types, from the tiny batteries inside hearing aids to massive ones connected to the grid. Batteries are designed and used for a dizzying array of tasks! With this amount of variety, even choosing the right batteries at the store can be confusing! Batteries

“You need to leave your room and go out to get that vitamin D from sunlight” is something that you may have heard quite often. But here are two things you might not have heard before: 1) The sun doesn’t give us Vitamin D. 2) Human skin can use the

Table of Contents Opium poppy, a common anaesthetic, Credit: Wikimedia/ Mark Nesbitt and Delwen Samuel What is anesthesia? Anesthesia is the use of medicines to prevent patients from feeling pain during surgeries and other medical procedures. The medicines used are known as anesthetics. The first surgical procedure using this method

Table of Contents If you filled a swimming pool with a substance called oobleck, you could easily run across the pool as if it were a solid surface. But if you tried to stand in the oobleck pool you would slowly start to sink. So, what is this strange substance

What do you think of when you hear the word “chemistry?” You might think of a mad scientist pouring liquid into a flask and causing an eruption of foam in multiple colors! If you are watching TV or a movie, chemistry is often shown in this way. It can be

Discover the fascinating science of baking behind your favorite cookies and cakes! Have you ever wondered why forgetting an ingredient can drastically change your baked goods? In this article, we’ll explore the chemistry and physics that make baking possible, focusing on the science of baking s’more cookies.  Let’s break down

A sample of transparent wood created by scientists at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Credit: Peter Larsson When you think about the materials used to make window panes, wood is probably not the first thing that comes to your mind. How can this brown and opaque material create