This experiment demonstrates capillary action - how water can climb up through tiny spaces in materials. You'll create a beautiful rainbow pattern while learning about the same process that helps ...

Discover the amazing properties of water's surface tension as you make metal paper clips float on water. You'll learn about the forces that hold water molecules together and how insects like water ...

Professor Toshiaki Taniike is pioneering the integration of data science and materials chemistry to accelerate the discovery of advanced materials. His research in materials informatics uses machine ...

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A new leap in lab automation is shaking up how scientists discover materials. By switching from slow, traditional methods to real-time, dynamic chemical experiments, researchers have created a ...