How is the shiny tinsel that decorates many Christmas trees made? Today it's mostly made of plastic. But did you know tinsel used to contain chemical elements like lead, aluminum, or copper? Find out all about tinsel's chemistry history in this very special holiday episode of Speaking of Chemistry.
Last fall, MIT researchers debuted two scientific cocktail toppers - a cocktail boat and floral pipette - that they developed in collaboration with celebrity chef José Andrés.
Professor Arthur J. Olson of the Scripps Research Institute demonstrates a 3D printed model of a virus that self assembles when shaken. Olson is head of the Molecular Graphics Laboratory, which use...
For more information on the research seen in this clip, go to http://cenm.ag/3dreactor. An international team of researchers led by Leroy Cronin of the University of Glasgow has applied the up-and-...
More at http://cenm.ag/ear. Princeton University researchers have made bionic ears that can listen to music, all with a 3D printer. Find out what the ears are made of and how they were tested in th...
For more information, go to http://cenm.ag/drop. 3-D printers don't build only solid objects anymore. They also build liquid objects, thanks to a research team at the University of Oxford. In this ...
For more on 3-D printing: http://cenm.ag/3d This is a step by step guide to the process of laser sintering from researchers at the University of Texas, Austin. This technique, a type of 3-D printin...
Scientists study chemistry in animals. These videos describe some of the amazing materials animals make, or how chemists are learning important things from animals.