Crystal growing science experiment

Steve Spangler is a celebrity teacher, science toy designer, speaker, author and an Emmy award-winning television personality. In this video he demonstrates how to grow crystals using sodium acetate solution. A single sugar crystal is dropped in a sodium acetate solution and begins growing crystals immediately.    

Compostable bioplastic made from shrimp shells

Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute, Cambridge, developed a method to carry out large-scale manufacturing of everyday objects—from cell phones to food containers and toys—using a fully degradable bioplastic isolated from shrimp shells.

Nadcap accreditation awarded for composites

UTC Aerospace Systems’ Engineered Polymer Products (EPP) facility in Jacksonville, Fla., received Nadcap (national aerospace and defense contractors accreditation program) accreditation for manufacture of aerospace composites

Solving a mystery of thermoelectrics

Materials that can be used for thermoelectric devices—those that turn a temperature difference into an electric voltage—have been known for decades.