Experiment #1 A candle flame is actually a chemical reaction in action! Candle wax is one of the chemicals in the reaction. Can you guess what the wax reacts with? Find out in this experiment!

This re-imagining of the humble candle comes to us by way of plasma super-fan [Jay Bowles], who has a lot of experience with plasmas and the high-voltage circuits that often go along with them.

If you tilt a candle sideways, why does the flame turn and keep pointing up? asks a reader. Think of the flame on a candle as a helium-filled balloon: No matter which way you hold the string or ...

A fantastical silk road city comes to life in Nafiza Azad's richly detailed debut novel, The Candle and the Flame. Fatima works as a messenger in the melting pot of Noor, a bustling desert city ...

He didn't start the fire Take a peek inside a flickering candle flame with these 3D-printed shapes MIT's Markus Buehler also built system to turn language into 3D-printed materials.

LuDela's remote control candle produces an actual flame at the touch of a button. Is it worth $99?

The plume visible after extinguishing a candle flame is a stream of unburned fuel particles rather than smoke. It is powered by the residual heat of the wick. This can be tested by collecting the ...

A flame in low gravity either wouldn’t exist or would be spherical, according to our readers. And it would be a different colour to flames on Earth too A candle flame isn’t a thing, but a ...

As if a candlelit dinner wasn’t romantic enough. Scientists have shown that a flickering flame is studded with millions of tiny diamonds. Roughly 1.5million of the twinkling gems are created ...

Trader Joe's is recalling about 653,000 Mango Tangerine Scented Candles sold nationwide because the wax can become engulfed in a flame, making the product a fire hazard, the company said Thursday ...