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A physicist explains how atoms arrange themselves into molecules – and how scientists are able to image these tiny bits of matter that make up everything around you.
A physicist explains how atoms arrange themselves into molecules – and how scientists are able to image these tiny bits of matter that make up everything around you.
What do molecules look like? – Justice B., age 6, Wimberley, Texas A molecule is a group of atoms bonded together. Molecules make up nearly everything around you – your skin, your chair, even ...
Richard Childress Racing's Austin Dillon clinched one of the last two NASCAR playoffs spots after winning Sunday’s rain-delayed Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is rarely seen without makeup. Even in a casual throwback snap, she still seems to have some foundation on.
But the truth is much stranger than most of those images let on. So what does an atom really look like? Find out in this episode of What the Physics?!
This list includes artificially synthesized molecules like aspartame and sucralose as well as sugar alcohols (erythritol, xylitol) and plant-derived sweeteners like stevia and monk fruit.
April 25 is DNA Day, commemorating the anniversary of the publication of the structure of DNA. But how has DNA imaging changed since 1953, and what have we learned?
Sugar alcohols, or polyols, are carbohydrates. As the name implies, they are hybrids of sugar molecules and alcohol molecules. Despite their name, sugar alcohols do not contain ethanol.
Invert sugar is frequently used to sweeten and improve the quality of a variety of commercial and homemade confections. This article explains what invert sugar is, how it's made, and what it's ...
A molecule can be a repeat of the same atom, such as the oxygen molecules we breathe, or can be made up of a variety of atoms, such as a sugar molecule made of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. But what do ...