Ever wondered why fish don't freeze in polar oceans where the temperature of the water falls below 0 o C? The September 2010 issue of AU...

Water molecules are polar. This causes neighbouring water molecules to be attracted to each other, forming hydrogen-bonds that link them int...

Discovered in 1968, "dry water" consists of 95% water, yet it is a dry powder which resembles powdered sugar at room temperature a...

You can stretch a glob of saliva between your thumb and forefinger. Before the strand of spittle breaks, a string of beads is formed. Saliva...

Hydrogen is being viewed as an eventual alternative to fossil fuels. For metals such as steel, aluminium and magnesium, commonly used in aut...

During a chemical reaction, the atoms in the reactants are rearranged to form new compounds. On a molecular level, the spatial arrangement o...

Graphene, a single-atom thick allotrope of carbon and an electrical conductor, is considered to be a possible successor to silicon in microe...