Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have achieved a historic breakthrough in nuclear energy by launching full-scale production of enriched fuel salt for the Molten Chloride Reactor ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A famous grade school experiment involves adding salt to ice, resulting in the ice melting. But do you know the science behind that experiment? And how it relates to winter ...

In salt water solutions, water molecules rapidly move around salt ions at a scale of more than a trillion times a second, according to both experiments and simulations. In salt water solutions, water ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Brrr… it’s cold out there! Children are flocking to the television in hopes ...

Each year during winter weather, crews spread more than 60 million tons of salt on roads worldwide to melt ice. Although there’s mounting evidence that this salt taints the water supply, until now no ...

Some objects float in water and other sink. But did you know that you can change whether something floats or sinks by adding a substance to the water? Let's try it and see! Pour water into a cup until ...