Recently, he made Borax crystals, with uncharacteristic success: But science is always more fun when you understand the why along with the how. So here’s the why: Making crystals, be they of ...

Borax makes it easy for your kids to experiment and grow crystals of their very own! Let’s experiment for Valentine’s Day and make heart crystals Gather your kids around the table for this fun ...

Borax is harmful if swallowed ... t time to expel the impurities and instead they become trapped within the crystal structure and the pattern is disturbed. Consequently, the crystals in the ...

Good crystal structures have been available for them for a long time,” says David M. Schubert, a research chemist who worked at U.S. Borax for nearly 30 years before taking a position teaching ...