The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses. They definitely exist in East Lansing, Michigan.

An international team of researchers, led by scientists from GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Germany, has studied r-process ...

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Dr. Shea sipped her coffee as she looked back out the window. But there was no more sight of the mystery cat. She calmly ...

Researchers successfully freeze light into a supersolid, a groundbreaking discovery with potential applications in quantum computing and energy transport.

The Massbox revolutionizes trace element quantification with LALI-TOF-MS, enabling rapid, high-sensitivity analysis of solid ...

Uranium is a story of duality. It is a mineral pulled from ancient rocks that can light up a city or wipe one off the map. It’s not just a relic of the Cold War or science fiction. It’s real, it’s ...

The U.S.’s only nuclear waste disposal site equipped to handle transuranic materials is facing up to $14.2 million in maintenance and repair costs, with more than ...

A longstanding mystery of the periodic table involves a group of unique elements called lanthanides. Also known as rare earth ...

Today’s guest op-ed authors are Dennis Howard and Roger Best of Global Sports Insights, an Oregon-based company specializing ...

On 17 February 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev jotted down the symbols for the chemical elements, putting them in order according to their atomic weights and inventing the periodic table ...