The method is trending — and helping households fight humidity. It's simple, affordable, and anyone can do it.

It can be used internally for intravenous (IV) hydration or externally to clean wounds or piercings. Saline is also used in the nose to treat congestion.

For example, water can be separated from salt solution by simple distillation.This method works because water has a much lower boiling point than salt.

Students combine an Ivory Soap solution with an Epsom salt solution to produce a solid “soap scum” to investigate the questions: What happens when you mix soap with hard water? and Is soap scum ...

Aphid infestations are never fun to deal with, but this Epsom salt trick, which incorporates two more ingredients, can evict these pests for good.

Rock salt helps keep our roads clear after winter storms. However, while cheap, salt has the potential to cause damage to surfaces and our plants.

Computers could see their performance jump by one-third through an inexpensive cooling solution based on lithium bromide salt – all while enjoying 10 times longer cooling than using alternative ...

Alternatively, the direction can be reversed by changing the salt. For example, in a solution of KClO 3 the positive ions are more mobile than the negative ions (in contrast to NaCl).

Salt water gargles are a cheap, easy, and natural alternative to medicated mouthwashes. Gargling with salt water can help clean the mouth and ease symptoms of sore throats, mouth sores, allergies ...

Solutions Utah: Salt Lake needs more than money and housing to solve the homeless problem Without persistent accountability and public safety, housing merely becomes warehousing and unenforced ...