海角社区

Subscribe to the OSS Weekly Newsletter!

Thermal Clothing: Lessons in Engineering

10 Apr 2026

As soon as the temperature dips below 0潞C, you will find me covered head to toe in thermal clothing. I am not picky when it comes to brands, although I do love Uniqlo鈥檚 HEATTECH. As long as I am...

Granitoids, Pebbled Ice and Crescent Chips: Curling Chemistry

20 Feb 2026

As you can imagine, there's a lot of physics involved in curling. Rotation speeds, angles, momentum transfer, friction analysis, ecetera. But would you also believe there's a bunch of chemistry at...

Interesting Chemistry Hides in Cookware

19 Feb 2026

Like most chemists, I like to cook. After all, what is cooking but the appropriate mixing of chemicals? In the lab we use flasks and beakers, but how do we equip our kitchen? Tiffany's in New York...

Don鈥檛 Cry Over Ruined Oat Milk

6 Feb 2026

Now before we start, let鈥檚 get something straight. There is no such thing as 鈥渙at milk鈥. Milk is defined as 鈥渁n opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the...

Bacteria are Fearsome, Especially When Weaponized

23 Jan 2026

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.聽...

If You Play With Fire, You Can Get Burned

14 Jan 2026

Fountain candles are small tubes filled with chemicals that when ignited spew out a plume of glowing sparks into the air. They sure capture attention! The effect can last a few seconds (cake...

Bumpy, Not Broken: What Turbulence Really Means

2 Jan 2026

If you鈥檙e anything like me, flying doesn鈥檛 exactly bring out your most relaxed self. I recently crossed the Atlantic and encountered a stretch of turbulence that had me gripping the armrest with...

Pages

Back to top