This cute little styrofoam cup is meeting its gruesome end with a brave face. Seriously though, the way acetone eats through styrofoam cups is mind-boggling, both in how fast it works, and because the ...

ROLLA, Mo. -- The amount of Styrofoam disposed of in landfills could be greatly reduced in the future thanks to the work of researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla who have discovered a ...

Step 1: Place the disposable gloves on your hands and then pour 1 cup of acetone into the pie pan. Step 2: Place the Styrofoam cups into the pan of acetone and observe. Describe and classify the cups ...

UPPER WEST SIDE — Three local teenagers with a passion for science have devised a way to dissolve Styrofoam as part of a national science competition, creating a useful and profitable byproduct out of ...

The Ministry of Health on January 7 slammed a misleading report that a Styrofoam sheet's dissolution by a fish oil product would prove the supplements' low quality. The Ministry of Health on January 7 ...

Acetone is a solvent that breaks down Styrofoam, which results in the Styrofoam dissolving in Acetone similar to how sugar does in water. Styrofoam is a polystyrene that has been pumped with air.