Pills get into your bloodstream by dissolving in your stomach. But the point of your stomach is to quickly dissolve things, so drug companies have a problem if they want to give you something that ...

Students will be able to plan and carry out an investigation to compare the solubility of different substances, and develop and explain a particle-level model to describe the process of dissolving.

Will soda dissolve your teeth? The short answer is ‘no,’ and the longer answer is, ‘no, of course not.’ And yet there is a rumor, and has been for decades, that a nail dropped in coca cola will be ...