Scientists in Ireland are using a rather unexpected material to make an extremely sensitive pressure detector: Silly Putty. The Irish researchers combined the kids' plaything with a special form of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s easy to dismiss Silly Putty as a kid’s toy. But the ...

What happens when you throw a 100-pound ball of silly putty off of a 141-foot tall building? This. Tuesday was the ninth annual Silly Putty Drop off of D.H. Hill Library's bookstack tower at N.C.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

On April 8, Caitlyn Matherne, Southeastern Louisiana University biochemistry student, visited Independence Leadership Academy students. The Chem Demo, provided by Benjamin Wicker and the SLU chemistry ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have combined nanomaterial graphene and the kid's toy Silly Putty, creating a sensor sensitive enough for a range of applications, including measuring spider ...

Students release the 100-pound ball of Silly Putty from the roof of McMahon in 1989. Photo courtesy of The Fiat Lux Nearly 35 years ago, Alfred University’s McMahon Engineering Building was the site ...

Tuesday was the ninth annual Silly Putty Drop, the day when N.C. State science and engineering summer campers see what happens when you drop a 100-pound ball of silly putty from the top of D.H. Hill ...

Welcome to PopSci’s at-home science projects series. On weekdays at noon, we’ll be posting new projects that use ingredients you can buy at the grocery store. Show us how it went by tagging your ...

As anyone who was ever a kid knows, silly putty is awesome. It bounces, it melts, and if you leave it on the carpet it gets stuck in there forever. Silly putty is a simple invention, made of boric ...

(Inside Science) -- By using fluids similar to Silly Putty that can behave as both liquids and solids, researchers say they have created fluid robots that might one day perform tasks that conventional ...