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The term 'rare earth' dates to an 18th‑century Swedish mine and survives mainly out of habit. In truth, these 17 metals are ...

With the formation of the first galaxies, the Universe burst into light (let there be light), bringing the cosmic dark ages to an end; and resulting in two different populations, like some of the ...

Scientists have discovered the elusive properties hidden within promethium, a rare earth element that has remained largely ...

Scientists have puzzled over the origin of elements heavier than iron since the 1950s. Recently, LSU astrophysicist Eric ...

With Utah's first-in-the-nation ban on fluoride in public drinking water set to take effect Wednesday, dentists who treat ...

This new paper pushes the boundaries of actinide chemistry even further. The superatom structure is based around a trithorium ...

See the fascinating creation of a tangible representation of the elements in this unique model of the periodic table.

A powerful cosmic event from 2004—a gamma-ray burst from a magnetar 30,000 light-years away—has just been revealed as a major ...

Based on accepted cosmological models, hydrogen and helium were the only elements in the earl. These coalesced to form the ...

Dead stars may have started churning out vast amounts of gold much earlier in the universe than previously thought, a new ...

Astronomers confirmed in 2017 that neutron star mergers can create gold, platinum, and other heavy elements, based on ...