"This is the moment where the metal detector has gone off and you've dug up something shiny. You still need to find out exactly what you've got — but you've got something to work with." ...

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A new boron-rich compound, manganese diboride, delivers much higher energy density than current solid-rocket materials while remaining stable until intentionally ignited. Its power comes from an ...

Everything around us is built from sets of chemical elements. From the air we breathe to the jewelry we wear. All of these elements can be found on the periodic table that we’ve all had a chance to ...

As an organic chemist, Lark Perez studies the chemical structures of molecules that exist in nature—and as a synthetic ...

Heavy metals are dangerous at high levels, but treatments that remove can also be risky and only benefit certain patients.