In the Dec. 13, 2010, issue of C&EN (page 13) the caption on picture (1) says, “A girl … makes polymers from glue and borax.” To my best knowledge, it is more likely that the girl is making a slime ...

Three boys watched a beaker’s contents intently, giggling as the swirling liquid turned into neon pink slime. The boys and roughly 25 other 9- and 10-year-olds from a summer program run by the youth ...

SLIME has become a playground favourite with kids and making your own at home has rocketed to become the top "how to" trend of year. The DIY trend is now a global phenomenon attracting millions of ...

Slime time: A velvet worm producing slime. (Courtesy: Poulhazan A et al. 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c06798 The ...

The secreted slime from root cap cells of corn (Zea mays, cv. SX-17) was studied. Production of slime by excised root tips is stimulated by the addition of 40 mM sucrose or fucose and half-strength ...

I was prompted to comment on the letter by Leiming Li, entitled “Polymers ... or Slime” because the experiment that uses white glue and borax to produce a cross-linked polymer is often used in middle ...

Making your own slime is becoming a popular trend, thanks millions of YouTube tutorials dedicated to it, and almost 270,000 Instagram posts about it. However making it at home could pose a threat to ...

Paul E. Smith, director of lecture demonstrations for Purdue's chemistry department, performs a demonstration during a show. (Purdue University photo/Steven Scherer) Download Photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue's Department of Chemistry will present "The Chemistry of Polymers" on Saturday (Oct. 14) at the annual fall chemistry show. The 11 a.m. free show will take place in the ...

Some animals produce amazing materials. Spider silk, for example, is stronger than steel. Mussels secrete byssus threads, which they use to cling tightly to stones under water. The material secreted ...