Imagine a caterpillar with soft, fancy, velvety skin; that’s what a velvet worm looks like. However, unlike most caterpillars ...

By the time a doctor prescribes antibiotics, the microbial enemy has already slipped past our defenses. But the war against ...

1. Place 1 tablespoon of water in a small plastic cup. Add ¼ teaspoon of borax. Mix until as much borax dissolves as possible. This is your borax solution. If you would like your slime to be a certain ...

ACS president Dorothy J. Phillips, left, shares some cool chemistry fun and a smile with a kid and parent at the Kids Zone ...

Create your own magnetic slime and discover how ferromagnetic materials interact with magnetic fields. You'll learn about magnetism, viscosity, and chemical reactions while making a fascinating ...

Slime molds have lived on Earth since long before the emergence of the human species. As single-celled organisms, slime molds do not have brains or nerves. And yet, they have ways of processing ...

A robot made of magnetic slime with a custard-like consistency can navigate narrow passages, grasp objects and fix broken circuits. It could be deployed inside the body to perform tasks such as ...

The Museum’s slime mould collection has a global scope and was the foundation for the book ... Access to some collections will be affected as we prepare for the move to our new collections, science ...

As a starting point pupils could list the similarities and differences between the life cycle of the fungi and slime mould. This clip will be relevant for teaching Science/ Geography. This topic ...

Aggregation in slime molds has long fascinated scientists who study the origins of multicellularity—that is, how our single-celled ancestors came together to form tissues, eventually enabling the ...

A form of spatial memory helps a brainless slime mold navigate complex environments, hinting at the possible origins of memory in higher organisms. The measles virus attacks long-lived immune cells, ...