You've heard of liquid nitrogen ice cream, but what about dry ice ice cream? Here's how to make this naturally carbonated frozen treat.
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Minnesota resident Nadalie Thomas captured an incredible video of a phenomenon called an ice chandelier or ice chandeliering, where ice on the frozen lake crystallizes into sparkling shards, accompanied by a sound like breaking glass. The crystallization continues, producing piles of ice shards. So, how does it work? There are […]
How Chandelier Ice or Ice ‘Chandeliering’ Works
Halloween parties are the best! There are cool costumes, Halloween party beverages and spooky fog. Have you ever thought about the safety of the fog? Here’s a question from a reader that you may be wondering about, too: “… I just have one quick question that I can’t seem to find […]
Are Smoke Machines Safe for Pets?
Different Types of Dry Ice You probably know you can drop dry ice in warm water to make fog, but you might not know there are different types of dry ice. Ideally, ‘dry ice’ is just another name for solid carbon dioxide, but it’s like any other chemical in that […]
Is Your Dry Ice Pure Enough for Food?
Here’s a handy list of things that glow in the dark. I’m talking about objects and substances that truly emit light and glow on their own. This is different from a list of things that glow under black light, which are fluorescent and phosphorescent, not truly luminescent. Really glowing includes […]
Things That Glow in the Dark
You know oxygen in air is colorless and you may have heard that liquid oxygen is pale blue, but did you know oxygen also occurs in pink, orange, red, black, and even a metallic form? At atmospheric pressure, liquid oxygen cools into solid oxygen, which forms blue crystals. However, as […]
Pure Oxygen Colors (Including Red and Black)
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics to: Takaaki KajitaSuper-Kamiokande CollaborationUniversity of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan and Arthur B. McDonaldSudbury Neutrino Observatory CollaborationQueen’s University, Kingston, Canada “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass” Understanding the Significance of the Nobel […]
2015 Nobel Prize in Physics – Neutrinos Have Mass
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for developing a therapy for roundworm infections and Youyou Tu for her therapy to treat malaria. One half of the prize is awarded Cambell and Omura and the other half to Tu. The prize recognizes the […]
2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
This is a list of the laws of thermodynamics along with examples of each law. Learn about heat, energy, and entropy.