Contrary to what some may think, Mole Day is not about the small animals known as moles. Instead, it revolves around a scientific unit of measurement called the "mole," which represents an amount of a ...

Today, October 23, is Mole Day -- the unofficial holiday when we celebrate Amedeo Avogadro and his contributions to molecular theory. In 1811, Avogadro hypothesized that given two volumetrically ...

It’s October 23, or Mole Day for chemistry enthusiasts. From 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. students and teachers celebrate their love of chemistry with Avogadro’s number — 6.02 x 10^23, a unit of measurement ...

October 23 is marked as Mole Day to commemorate Avogadro's Number 6.02 x 10²³ which is a basic measuring unit in chemistry. Mole Day was created as a way to foster interest in chemistry. Schools ...

There is a common misconception among educators, and even some metrologists, that the Avogadro constant _N_~A~ is (or should be) a pure number, and not a constant of dimension *N*^–1^ (where *N* is ...

May 24 — To the Editor: Avogadro’s number has nothing to do with how many green fruit it takes to make guacamole. It is chemistry term used to define the number of atoms or molecules in a certain ...

Bio: Dr. Meyer is a trained chemist whose career path took her out of the lab and into corporate HQ. After grad school, Erla wanted to explore her options beyond academia, and found herself interning ...