There are 3 different types of solutions - unsaturated, saturated and supersaturated. The main difference between these 3 types of solutions is the amount of solute in each type of solution. In this video, we explain the 3 different...

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Prof Hal Sosabowski demonstrates a solid spontaneously coming out of solution in this visually beautiful experiment. Just a few crystals are enough to form a nucleation site for a super-saturated solution of sodium acetate. This...

It's Thanksgiving this week in America. Last year, we talked about the myth that turkey makes you sleepy. I argued that there's nothing special about turkey that would make you tired. But, we pointed out that a super large meal, and...

It's Thanksgiving this week in America. Last year, we talked about the myth that turkey makes you sleepy. I argued that there's nothing special about turkey that would make you tired. But, we pointed out that a super large meal, and...

We use a supersaturated solution of sodium ethanoate to demonstrate instant crystallisation. Sodium ethanoate is added to water and is then heated to allow all of the crystals to dissolve. When it is cooled it forms a supersaturated...

Technically speaking, the snow falling on mountains and other cold regions is just frozen water. It is formed of tiny crystals of frozen water and looks a bit like small pieces of cotton. A snowflake is an ice crystal, or an...

The closest thing we have to an all-encompassing framework that explains all particles and forces is represented by the Standard Model of particle physics. But this model is flawed because it does not...