Liquid nitrogen is fun stuff to play with, as long as you’re careful and avoid freezing your own fingers off and shattering them on the workbench. As the liquid turns to gaseous nitrogen at ...

Seaweed is a fantastic natural resource that benefits plants and our soil in many ways. If you want to boost soil health, ...

It looks more like a charcoal briquette than anything, but the black brittle thing at the bottom of [Ben Krasnow]’s crucible is actually a superconducting ceramic that can levitate magnets when ...

Because of the tight supplies and soaring costs of nitrogen materials, Indiana farmers are taking a critical second look at their fertilizer programs. The object of such an evaluation is to insure the ...

Maintaining a lush lawn is a source of immense joy for every homeowner, despite the challenges it may present. Selecting the right lawn fertilizer, a crucial part of lawn care, can prove greatly ...

When salt and ice are added to an empty aluminum can and mixed together, the can becomes very cold, and frost begins to form on the outside of it very quickly. As water freezes, the attractions the ...

New microlightning research out of Stanford adds a "striking" twist to an existing theory about how life may have originated ...

Cryogenic liquids are materials with a boiling point of less than – 100 °F (-73 °C); common examples include liquid nitrogen, helium, and argon, and dry ice/alcohol slurries. Cryogenic liquids undergo ...