The discovery of this chemical element marked a turning point in human history. What began as a scientific breakthrough ...

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if you ate elements from the periodic table daily, revealing chemical toxicity, accumulation, and biological effects.

Researchers have reported new experimental results addressing the origin of rare proton-rich isotopes heavier than iron, ...

Most natural diamonds have ages between 1 billion and 3.5 billion years. Diamond is the only gem with a single element. Do ...

Earth’s atmosphere is slowly leaking into space, and new research shows some of it reaches the Moon, where it may be ...

The Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57, sits about 2,000 light-years from Earth. It is a planetary nebula—a misleading ...

A new mystery about the colorful Ring Nebula has again caught attention in space.A huge bar of iron has been discovered ...

Georgetown University researchers have discovered a new class of strong magnets that do not rely on rare-earth or precious ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a cellulose-based composite sheet that integrates paper pulp with starch, polyaniline (a conductive polymer), Prussian blue (a coordination compound ...

Thick, swirling clouds cover Jupiter from pole to pole. They hold water like Earth’s clouds, but at far greater density.

A huge bar of iron has been discovered lurking inside the iconic Ring Nebula. The structure is enormous, spanning hundreds of ...