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 ...

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 ...

Graphene-infused Silly Putty forms an electrical sensor that is sensitive enough to detect the gentle caresses of spider feet walking across it. Mixing graphene, or atom-thick sheets of carbon, and ...

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 ...

In this video, the Waterjet Channel conducts machine shop tests with 6 silly putty eggs, leading to experiments with 320 eggs. The video includes various activities such as microwaving, waterjetting, ...

Silly Putty may no longer be silly, at least according to researchers at Trinity College Dublin. After adding graphene flakes to the novelty toy, the team discovered that it works as a pressure sensor ...

A dash of graphene can transform the stretchy goo known as Silly Putty into a pressure sensor able to monitor a human pulse or even track the dainty steps of a small spider. The material, dubbed ...