Dr Peter Wothers explores the properties of fire with three students at his laboratory in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Chemistry. The team begin by igniting a balloon filled with ...

Put on your goggles. Since you are using isopropyl alcohol, be sure that a teacher, parent, or other adult is working with you. Be sure to keep the alcohol away from heat or any flames. Read and ...

Achieving Dirac's 'bottom-up' understanding of chemistry has become a celebration as well as an institutionalization of the interplay between theory and experiment at the core of physical chemistry.

Whether it's the latest research in quantum mechanics or organic chemistry ... There are plenty of experiments you can do at home. You might even have a few of the materials just lying around ...

Students take practical experiments with water in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Chemistry with Dr Peter Wothers. They explore why ice floats on water, what happens as water expands ...