The place was Edinburgh, Scotland. The occasion, the Edinburgh Science Festival. There were a number of captivating presentations, but my biggest thrill came from looking out the hotel window. A light ...

To make a safe, portable form of heating to take to the rest of the team working up on the glacier. All combustion reactions (such as the burning of coal) are exothermic. Incredibly, the reaction ...

Thermites are a class of materials known for producing dazzling pyrotechnic displays in high school chemistry classes, and they’re used in all kinds of real-world applications. But these reactions are ...

A nanoscale welding technique has been developed by sparking high-temperature chemical reactions inside “nanopores”. The technique could ultimately be used to weld together nanoscale components and ...

The produced fuel would remain inactive but would be active when required, assuming an explosive state. Reza Taherzadeh, the major researcher told Mehr News that the project was conducted on ...