Acids are reactive, and even weak acids like vinegar can wow students with their reactivity. But strong acids can really put on a show, dissolving otherwise relatively inert metals. And aqua regia, or ...

A drink bottle, a worn-out pair of tights, and a chunk of old mattress foam don’t have much in common, except that all three ...

Battery acid from old cars, with a little help from a catalyst, can give plastic waste a new purpose, using it to drive the ...

Making citric acid at home is harder than it sounds. Although scientists first isolated citric acid from citrus fruits more than 200 years ago, it’s not the simplest chemistry to pull off. About 100 ...

While humans have an esthetic liking for symmetry in everything, nature prefers asymmetric, single-handed forms when it comes to amino acids—the building blocks of proteins, and, by extension, all ...