Materials Are Everywhere - Let's Explore the Building Blocks of Our World!

👨‍🔬 🧑‍🔬 In mid-1930s, scientists thought that this isotope would be impossible to detect as it would decay extremely fast. In 1939, Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben set out on this seemingly unachievable mission and worked through 1 year with no results. On February 27th, 1940, they initiated a “desperation” experiment🔦: a piece of graphite was bombed with deuterons (a hydrogen ion with 1 proton and 2 neutrons) for 120 hours straight!

Guess the element and the isotope! *isotope - a version of an element with specific mass number Resource: shutterstock. I am very rare😱, about one part in trillion atoms of my element. (Almost like 1 second in 31,500 years!) I am radioactive☢️, though small. I am found in all living organisms, which, while alive, keep my proportion within them the same🐒🐟🦅. When they die, I start to dwindle away🫥. Sharp-witted humans learnt to count me up😎, and now they can discern the a

Guess the element! Resource: dreamstime.com I am an expert secret agent: I can cut, burn and be emotionally inert. Sometimes, though, the situation takes a turn for the worse, So I simply slip away. Known as the “King of Elements”, I can build chains or form giant ordered structures of molecules. I am found in (almost) every human industry and in humans too. What am I? [Click to view answer here ]

Did you know that according to the most accurate scientific theory about universe, atoms and all other particles are just movements of a field? Dive into an accessible explanation of Quantum Field Theory, and how it explains the way light travels through materials.

Discovering why glass is transparent in an accessible way! Dive into the structure, unique properties and ubiquitious use of this material.

An exciting exploration of aerogels - the materials used to thermally insulate NASA aircraft, collect space dust and filter pollution! Dive into the structure of a jelly, the method for creating aerogels using extreme pressure and their diverse applications.