Science

The Arctic is on fire, again. The Siberian Arctic has endured record high temperatures for the second year in a row and is now on…

Oil shale is generally described as a fine-grained sedimentary rock containing organic matter (kerogen) that, upon destructive distillation, yields significant amounts of oil and combustible…

Silicon tetrachloride is a colorless, fuming liquid with a pungent odor. It is the inorganic compound with the formula SiCl4. It is decomposed by water…

The strategic source of hydrocarbons is heavy crude oil (or extra-heavy crude oil), as its reserves are of the same scale as those of conventional…

A fine example of Persian art, culture, and architecture, the Golestan Palace (Persian: کاخ گلستان‎, Kākh-e Golestān) is the former royal Qajar complex in the…

Selenium tetrachloride is a white-yellow deliquescent powder/pieces in appearance with a pungent/ garlic odor. It is the inorganic compound composed of the formula SeCl4. SeCl4…

One of the most useful industrial sodium compounds is sodium hydroxide (NaOH), also known as lye and caustic soda. It is one of the household…

Mundite is an orthorhombic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium. It is a uranium phosphate mineral with chemical formula: Al(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)3·5(H2O). It contains aluminum…

Oil sands are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit, often referred to as tar sands, crude bitumen or more technically bituminous sands. Oil sands are…

Murdochite is an isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing bromine, chlorine, copper, lead, and oxygen. It is a mineral combining lead and copper oxides with the formula…

Molybdenum tetrachloride is the inorganic compound with the empirical formula MoCl4. This thermally unstable, dark green solid is used to prepare other complexes of molybdenum.…

“World Meteorological Day” takes place each year on 23rd March and remembers the coming into power on 23rd March 1950 of the Convention building up…