Videos about the chemistry of color typically only scratch the surface of how electromagnetic radiation creates the beautiful rainbows of the world around us. But this Reactions video by the American ...

Fireworks explained: Chemical combustion creates colorful explosions Purdue professor Paul Smith explains the chemical reactions that create the colorful July 4th fireworks displays.

LEWISBURG — Bucknell University Chemistry Club’s Halloween Show wowed a crowd of hundreds with pumpkins spewing foam, colorful chemical reactions and fireballs on Tuesday night. The annual event ...

Most people use cabbage for cooking but it can also be really great for your at-home chemistry experiments. Check out the cool chemistry stuff you can do with a red cabbage! Add about 1 cup of water, ...

Here is a "5-minute crafts" video clip of yellow and blue water, which appears to demonstrate that when you place one color on top, you get three layers of colors, whereas the other results in just ...

Penn State researchers have uncovered a surprising twist in a foundational chemical reaction known as oxidative addition. Typically believed to involve transition metals donating electrons to organic ...

Scientists have been naming ideas, theorems, discoveries, and so on after other scientists for a very long time (Newton’s laws of motion, anyone?). Chemists are no different. They’ve been naming ...