(American Society of Agronomy) Miscanthus, willow found as good biomass crops to add carbon to vulnerable soils.

(American Chemical Society) Dropping Mentos® candies into a bottle of soda causes a foamy jet to erupt. Although science fair exhibitors can tell you that this geyser results from rapid degassing of the beverage induced by the candies, the precise means by which bubbles form hasn't been well characterized. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Journal of Chemical Education used experiments in the lab and at various altitudes to probe the mechanism of bubble nucleation.

(University of Barcelona) Building bridges between the science and education communities to contribute and improve the current didactic experiences is the goal of the Journal of Neuroeducation (JONED), a new online free-access journal open to the scientific community at a national and international level promoted by the Chair of Neuroeducation of the University of Barcelona ( Edu1st), a pioneer initiative in Spain led by the lecturers David Bueno and Anna Forés (UB).

(American Chemical Society) With colleges and universities around the world shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic, chemistry teachers are navigating the shift to online learning. There are several factors to consider in this effort, from technology to accessibility. Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, asked chemistry teachers with online learning experience to provide best practices for educators in this new, virtual […]

(University of Massachusetts Lowell) A discovery by a team of researchers led by UMass Lowell nuclear physicists could change how atoms are understood by scientists and help explain extreme phenomena in outer space.