Materials Witness

Polycrystalline diamonds aren't nearly as pretty as monocrystalline ones are, but they seem to be much easier to produce - especially if...

Found on reddit ...(my apologies for the subreddit's name)... Wear your PPE, folks.  I hear people lamenting 'government regulation...

That's absolutely fascinating. I've seen the reverse spherification technique of using sodium alginate and calcium chloride solution...

The materials in our world are rarely pure. Our steels are alloys. Our polymers contain dyes and plasticizers. And apparently our food packa...

In our summer camp ( more info here , natch) we have an awesome demonstration that heats an iron wire via a variac that demonstrates the so...

Found on reddit ... We were talking about the expandable, polyurethane foam in class after doing the lab, and I wanted to hunt down some use...

I'm far from an expert when it comes to firing ceramics. I've been using the same programs on the same kilns in my classroom at Prin...