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hackaday.com > 09/06/2026 > how-charged-water-drops-induce-corrosion

How Charged Water Drops Induce Corrosion

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (36+ words) Generally, we do not look at the gentle patter of raindrops on a surface with much concern, but according to a study by [Zhongyuan Ni] et al. in Nature, we should probably regard these droplets with......

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hackaday.com > 08/02/2026 > turning-fruits-into-ethylene-and-ethane-refrigerant

Turning Fruits Into Ethylene And Ethane Refrigerant

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (36+ words) One of the best parts about DIY chemistry and physics projects is that you get to decide how early in the supply chain you want to begin, such as with [Hyperspace Pirate]'s adventures in ethanol produ......

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hackaday.com > 07/31/2026 > turning-glass-into-a-touch-sensitive-button

Turning Glass Into A Touch-Sensitive Button

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (31+ words) Although generally glass isn't associated with touch-sensitive surfaces, the addition of an ITO (indium tin oxygen) coating adds the exciting property of not only being transparent to the visible ligh......

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hackaday.com > 07/15/2026 > chromatography-as-art

Chromatography As Art

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (35+ words) You may or may not remember in some ancient chemistry class studying or even performing chromatography. The short definition is using media like paper or powder to separate a mixture. It is an old tec......

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chemical synthesis – Hackaday

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (272+ words) Mechanosynthesis Of Atomic Carbon Structures Using Inverted-Mode STM Hackaday Generally chemical synthesis involves putting a variety of compounds together in an environment where they will react and self-assemble into the desired product. Direct mechanical manipulation could be significantly more effective…...

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hackaday.com > 07/09/2026 > mechanosynthesis-of-atomic-carbon-structures-using-inverted-mode-stm

Mechanosynthesis Of Atomic Carbon Structures Using Inverted-Mode STM

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (224+ words) Hackaday Generally chemical synthesis involves putting a variety of compounds together in an environment where they will react and self-assemble into the desired product Direct mechanical manipulation could be significantly more effective with synthesizing various substances This mechanosynthesis is however…...

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hackaday.com > 07/05/2026 > 2026-frikkin-lasers-challenge-a-3d-printed-raman-spectrometer

2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: A 3D-Printed Raman Spectrometer

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (35+ words) When light reflects off a surface, not all of it reflects off at the same wavelength; some photons impart a portion of their energy to raising the vibrational energy of the surface’s molecules, an......

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hackaday.com > 07/03/2026 > microdistillery-for-microchemistry

Microdistillery For Microchemistry

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (33+ words) Much like radio operators being encouraged to use the least possible amount of power to make a contact, chemists have a similar rule encouraging using the least amount of materials in experiments. Not......

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hackaday.com > 06/11/2026 > building-a-desktop-catalytic-cracker

Building A Desktop Catalytic Cracker

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (34+ words) Although crude oil contains a vast diversity of hydrocarbons, a comparatively small number of these make up the bulk of demand for oil. Cracking solves this mismatch: most of the demand is for light......

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hackaday.com > 06/10/2026 > introducing-boron-buckyballs

Introducing Boron Buckyballs

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (223+ words) Hackaday A buckminsterfullerene, also known as a buckyball, is typically a fullerene consisting of sixty carbon atoms (C60) arranged in a way that resembles a football-like sphere Extending this arrangement to other types of atoms has until now however proven as…...