This week, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the discovery of one of the hottest biotechnology tools out there - CRISPR! This marks the first…
Tag: chemistry
Fantastic Floating Eggs!
Looking for an "egg-celent" hands-on science activity you can do without having to leave your house? Look no further than your kitchen! In this experiment, we are going to explore the principles of density using table salt, water, and eggs. …
The Science and Chemistry of Fireworks
If you were anywhere in the US this past weekend, you were probably surrounded by the deafening booms and sparkling lights of fireworks. Humans have been in awe of these displays for almost two-thousand years, and have interwoven them into…
A Brief History of Sunscreen
Here comes summer and sun - and hopefully sunscreens. You might not have thought “What a medical breakthrough!” when you bought your current bottle of water-resistant SPF. And yes, using sunscreen daily is still a chore, especially when it’s the…
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