Teenage scientist Heman Bekele's ultimate goal is to cure melanoma. After winning 3M's Young Scientist Challenge by inventing ...

The film details the process of soap making, starting with Carl Mason's laboratory demonstration using fat and sodium hydroxide (lye). It explains the chemical reaction known as saponification ...

Norfolk resident Katie Smith has been using Nofo soaps for six years. She and her husband like the essential oil soaps.

Inspired by a childhood in sun-baked Ethiopia, Heman Bekele wanted to tackle skin cancer. He came up with a topical cancer-fighting soap, and it won him the 3M Young Scientist's Challenge.

Researchers identified four chemicals associated with mosquito attraction and three chemicals associated with repulsion.

Any other soap-makers around? I've just returned to the hobby after a prolonged absence. Good soap and good coffee are two of my only material indulgences so I'm always interested in meeting other ...

Did you know you can make soap at home? We've got the basics on ingredients and tools, safety, and how to get started creating your own soap.

The very thin film of soap over each bacterium is thus far more effective in germicidal action than carbolic acid, which must consume the bacteria in order to kill them.

The soap, which costs just 50 cents (40p) to make, contains compounds that could reactivate dendritic cells that guard human skin against cancer ...

In theory, you can make soap by treating almost any fat or oil with sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide (for a 'soft' soap). Some recipes use animal fats like tallow (from beef) or lard (from ...

Engineering Watch 50-foot long soap bubbles fly with the ‘Endless Bubble Machine’ YouTuber Engineezy mounted a machine on his car to create larger-than-life creations. By Andrew Paul ...