Science

Quantum technologies are radically transforming our understanding of the universe. One emerging technology are macroscopic mechanical oscillators, devices that are vital in quartz watches, mobile…

Magnesium ozonide is a compound with the formula MgO3. Much like other ozonides, it is only stable at low temperatures. Unlike other ozonide compounds, magnesium…

Hydrogen ozonide (HO3) is a radical molecule consisting of a hydrogen atom covalently bonded to an ozonide unit. It’s an unstable compound, and it can…

Researchers at University of Galway have developed a way of bioprinting tissues that change shape as a result of cell-generated forces, in the same way…

Ammonium ozonide is an oxygen rich molecule containing an ammonium cation (NH4+) and an ozonide anion (O3−). Ammonium ozonide, like alkali ozonides, is a red…

Sodium azide is an inorganic compound with the formula NaN3. This colorless salt is the gas-forming component in some car airbag systems. It’s primarily used…

Physicists have spent more than a century measuring and making sense of the strange ways that photons, electrons, and other subatomic particles interact at extremely…

Silver azide is the chemical compound with the formula AgN3. It is a silver(I) salt of hydrazoic acid. It forms a colorless crystals. Like most…

Barium azide is an inorganic azide with the formula Ba(N3)2. It is a barium salt of hydrazoic acid. Like all azides, it is explosive. It…

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalised from a heart attack or heart…

Chromium azide is an inorganic chemical compound with the formula Cr(N3)3. It is typically a coordination complex in which six azide ions (N₃⁻) coordinate to…

Calcium formate is the calcium salt of formic acid. It is also known as E238. Under this E number it is used as an animal…