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The behavior and analogues for inorganic elements, and How these materials can be modified, separated, and used. Specific work may include: Developing methods to recover metals from waste streams; ...

Inorganic elements and their compounds are fundamental to medical biochemistry, serving as essential cofactors in enzymatic reactions, regulators of cellular signalling and metabolism, ...

Virtually all light-emitting diodes used today require phosphors based on so-called rare-earth elements, which are expensive and challenging to obtain. In a collaborative research project between ...

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This article was originally published with the title “ Making Organic Substances from their Inorganic Elements ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 26 No. 14 (March 1872), p. 215 doi:10.1038 ...