Create a stunning rainbow-colored flame using safe, simple materials. This fun science experiment is perfect for learning about chemistry while enjoying a mesmerizing display of vibrant fire colors.

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Researchers have developed an innovative and versatile system designed for a new generation of short-pulse lasers. Lasers ...

TL;DR: This experiment may not revolutionize telecommunications, but it highlights how accessible these concepts have become outside traditional research labs. Using nothing more than an iPad, a solar ...

Back on planet Earth, and deep inside a pitch-black, sulfuric cave on the Albanian-Greek border, we reported on a study that ...

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