Sodium and water don’t just react - they explode. In this slow-motion footage, every spark and burst is captured in detail. See the violent chemistry unfold and learn why a simple metal can turn into ...

Leave it up to the experts and a special standalone test toilet to find out what happens when you flush sodium down the loo. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist ...

Researchers have discovered a groundbreaking, eco-friendly way to recycle Teflon, one of the world’s toughest plastics, into valuable chemical materials.

When a chunk of alkali metal gets tossed into water, it explodes. But when a team of scientists gently placed a liquid drop of a sodium-potassium alloy on top of a water surface, they observed a ...

Researchers in South Korea have successfully demonstrated the use of free ambient air as a fuel leveraging a sodium-based solid electrolyte to tackle the carbonate issue that has been holding back the ...

Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have discovered that 2-D titanium carbide materials, or MXenes, can react with water without the presence of other oxidizers. Their finding ...

Drawing from an innovative technology, the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and cleanup contractor UCOR have achieved a breakthrough set to eliminate a complex legacy waste stored ...