The 1993 Academy Award for costume design went to Eiko Ishioka for creating the magnificent costumes in the hit film, 鈥淏ram Stoker鈥檚 Dracula.鈥� Particularly stunning were the dresses worn by Wynona...
One of the fundamental reactions we teach in organic chemistry is 鈥渘ucleophilic substitution鈥� in which an atom or group of atoms in a molecule is exchanged for another one. Quite logically, the...
Bottled soft drinks that lose their fizz also lose their appeal. But it seems technology has come to the rescue with the 鈥淔izz Keeper.鈥� This little pump can be fitted into the neck of the bottle...
The curtain went up in 鈥淗eller鈥檚 Wonder Theatre鈥� on Broadway to reveal a blindfolded lady comfortably seated center stage. A volunteer from the audience was solicited to 鈥減ick a card, any card!鈥�...
If a chemist has never been in a lab accident, he has been lucky. Of course, luck is more likely to come to those whose mentors have learned from bad experiences and to those who have taken...
For most people a car is just a vehicle that gets them from one place to another, and as far as cleanliness is concerned, occasionally driving through a car wash is good enough. But some...
When we write the old-fashioned way, with ink on paper, we rarely think of the pen鈥檚 ingredients. For hundreds of years聽gall ink聽was used to produce documents such as Shakespeare鈥檚 will and the U.S...
The green in American paper bills is chromium oxide, a refined version of chromite, a naturally occurring ore in the Earth鈥檚 crust. This ore is also the source of chromium metal which is produced...
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