This video explores the fascinating reasons behind the physical properties of elements. It answers questions about why mercury is a liquid at room temperature, why gold has its distinctive yellow ...

Scientists at the X-ray free-electron laser SwissFEL have realized a long-pursued experimental goal in physics: to show how ...

During chemical reactions, atoms in the reacting substances break their bonds and re-arrange, forming different chemical ...

The Stanford team created a metasurface from a polymer previously used in solar panels and printable electronics. They found ...

Open a jewelry box or pause in front of a stained-glass window, and you are seeing one of nature’s quieter tricks at work. The color, in these cases, is not painted on. It comes from the atoms ...

Octopuses are the undisputed kings of camouflage. Whereas engineers have learned to mimic the colors, octopuses also match ...

Inspired by the remarkable camouflage abilities of octopus and cuttlefish, Stanford researchers have developed a soft material that can rapidly shift its surface texture and color at extremely fine ...

Crush walnut shells and let them simmer in water for 5-10 minutes. Strain the water and use this as a hair rinse. This will give a natural brown shade to your hair.

The emergence of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM; also called electron cryo-microscopy) as a tool for structure determination has been a major development in structural biology. The method is well ...

To control color, the team sandwiched the polymer between two gold films. Light bounces off these films and interferes in ...