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 ...

And as I found out there actually is a lot more science and math that goes into making soap than I thought. “If you look up a process called saponification that’s what’s going on in there ...

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 ...

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.

Now, there’s a way to turn old plastic into surfactants, researchers report in the Aug. 10 Science. Surfactants make up the key ingredients in dozens of products like lubricants, ski wax ...

Home; World News; speed read Young teen wins top science prize for soap that can treat skin cancer. Memory of Ethiopian workers out in the sun inspired US schoolboy to make cell-reviving soap ...