Kristen’s Classroom: What gives fireworks their colors

As America celebrates its 250th birthday this weekend, Meteorologist Kristen Currie dives into what gives fireworks their ...

The History and Mystery of Fireworks

In the 1970s, American Fireworks, a family-run pyrotechnics company in Hudson, Ohio, used a “home run box” to offer quick and ...
C&EN

Forget silicon. Diamond may be the next semiconductor material

Diamfab and other start-ups want to commercialize diamond wafers for demanding chip applications such as data centers, ...

Synthetic chemical framework can switch magnetic spin states at near ambient temperatures

There is growing demand for smart materials that can change their physical properties in response to various external stimuli ...
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Would Ancient Greek Philosophers Consider Today’s Governments True Democracies?

Whether our Western political systems are true democracies or republics can be answered by examining ancient Greek philosophy ...
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The 10 Most Iconic Sci-Fi Movie Characters Everyone Knows

Writing from the Chicagoland area in Illinois, Robert is an avid movie watcher and will take just about any excuse to find time to go to his local movie theaters. Robert graduated from Bradley ...
C&EN

Modular syntheses: Putting function first

And Schafmeister isn’t the only chemist turning to modular methods of synthesis to explore vast regions of chemical space. It ...
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6 Common Vitamins and Supplements to Avoid on an Empty Stomach

Sarah Jividen, RN, BSN, is a healthcare journalist and content marketing writer at Health Writing Solutions, LLC. She has over a decade of direct patient care experience working as a registered nurse ...