Though simple in appearance, the pencil is one of the most enduring and versatile writing tools in history. It has ...

Scientists have successfully synthesized lonsdaleite, a hexagonal diamond 40% harder than diamond, after 50 years of attempts ...

Limiting and controlling access to cellphones, YouTube videos and other tech-driven distractions are ways of empowering ...

PFAS stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. These chemicals resist grease, oil, water, and heat. According to the ...

Magnets and superconductors go together like oil and water—or so scientists have thought. But a new finding by MIT physicists ...

Of course, that fact came from the same knowledge base that said if you licked a pencil, you’d die of lead poisoning, even ...

Local school divisions have seen incidents of students partaking in the recent nationwide TikTok challenge that involves ...

by inserting items such as paper clips, pencil graphite, pushpins, folded metallic gum wrappers, aluminum foil, etc., into the USB port." With cases being reported across school districts ...

Discover how specialized machinery turns wood into pencil shapes and how the lead is crafted by mixing graphite with rubber to ensure smooth writing. Watch as the lead is carefully inserted into ...

Bismuth is intentionally deposited on the surface of graphite (the same material in your pencil lead) and forms extremely flat crystals, so thin that their thickness is only 2 atoms wide.

graphite (pencil lead). For 15 years or so, he worked on Graph Tech during the day and played in bands at night to make ends meet. His then-new company, Graph Tech Guitar Labs, earned $18,000 in ...