With a dash of table salt, scientists have created exotic compounds that bend the basic rules of chemical bonds and matter in the universe, researchers report in the Dec. 20 Science. The team pulled ...

Over the past decade, nuclear power has been making a comeback as an important source of low-cost, carbon-free energy. This renaissance is fueled by the world’s ever-growing energy needs and by ...

Welcome to January, when the worst of the winter weather usually occurs, leaving cold snow and ice in its wake. That means that many city and state agencies will be using salt to melt ice on the roads ...

High temperatures and ionizing radiation create extremely corrosive environments inside a nuclear reactor. To design long-lasting reactors, scientists must understand how radiation-induced chemical ...

Imagine zooming in on a dried drop of salt solution—each pattern a unique masterpiece, reminiscent of abstract art, yet no larger than the size of a penny. New research by scientists in the Florida ...

Naarea, the developer of a molten salt fast neutron microreactor, is partnering with the French National Centre for Scientific Research and Université Paris-Saclay to create a laboratory dedicated to ...

A salt is a compound formed from an acid by the replacement of the hydrogen in the acid by a metal. Therefore, it is formed when acids react with bases. Generally, we represent salt as Sodium Chloride ...

Salt and water fizzle in an electrical bath, a white froth bubbling up. I’m holding a purifying device, my container of lake water ready for treatment on the ground. A chemical reaction takes place ...