The golden metallic water layer on a sodium-potassium alloy drop. Courtesy: Phil Mason A metallic water solution has been observed in the laboratory for the first time thanks to a new method that ...

When a small piece of sodium is placed in a petri dish with water and phenolphthalein, the sodium becomes a molten ball and darts around the dish, leaving a pink trail. The reactions of potassium, ...

As the Backyard Scientist explains, he simply took the lead out of some normal bullets and refilled the copper jackets with the reactive metals before shooting said bullets into a fishtank. The ...

Researchers demonstrate how they can overcome a persistent challenge known as dendrites to create a metal battery that performs nearly as well as a lithium-ion battery, but relies on potassium -- a ...

When a chunk of alkali metal gets tossed into water, it explodes. But when a team of scientists gently placed a liquid drop of a sodium-potassium alloy on top of a water surface, they observed a ...

Growing demand for safer and more powerful rechargeable battery technologies, across end products from smartphones to electric cars, continues to drive the need for an alternative solution to ...

What if your water filter could think like a cell, deciding what to let in, what to block, and when to do it? That’s exactly the kind of precision scientists at the University of Chicago and ...