A high school science experiment caused a flash fire, injuring 17 students and a teacher at Merrol Hyde Magnet School in Hendersonville, and forcing an evacuation of the entire school. 17 students ...

Materials Needed: potassium nitrate (salt substitute) for violet, alcohol (hand sanitizer) for blue, boric acid (roach killer) for green, sodium chloride (table salt) for yellow and a mix of salt and ...

Twelve students at a Houston preschool were injured on Tuesday when a class science experiment didn’t go as planned. Most reportedly had minor burns but seven of the students had to be rushed to a ...

Seawater is known to contain a significant concentration of boric acid, which can be toxic and deadly to living systems. As such, fish living in marine habitats need to be able to excrete boric acid ...

This study is led by Dr. Wu from East China University of Science and Technology. The development of efficient, stable and low-cost hole-transporting materials (HTMs) is crucial for the ...

Boric acid suppositories (BAS) are a TikTok trend for improving vaginal taste among other claims. However, BAS should only be used to treat certain conditions and misuse could be dangerous. When used ...

Doctors may recommend using boric acid for a yeast infection as a second-line treatment when other antifungal medications are not working. Boric acid works by preventing Candida fungi from growing.