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 the global auto and energy industries race toward electrification and cleaner technologies, one group of little-known materials is quietly shaping the future. Rare earth elements, vital to electric ...

Hailed as one of the 50 most important women in science, she found ways to study rare radioactive isotopes and advanced the understanding of nuclear fission.

New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, patterns.

An unknot (also known as the trivial knot) can be drawn with any number of crossings. Any possible manipulation of a knot diagram that does not fundamentally change the knot can be achieved by a ...

Now, researchers like Elizabeth Holley, an associate professor of Mining Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, are trying to spark a conversation about how to rethink mining in the U.S. — and ...

If you've ever stopped to wonder when you learned that bananas were a potassium powerhouse, for a lot of us, it was likely while watching the '90s family comedy "Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves." It was ...

Size is important, but the correct size for the TV-frequency band is most important. The simplest antenna is a half-wave dipole, and when looking at any antenna—transmit or receive—you should see ...

Research suggests some metals’ semicore electrons may be more active on Earth’s surface than previously thought.

Australia's second big rare-earth project designed to compete with Chinese suppliers of the material is slowly emerging at Eneabba on the country's west coast ...

From the lithium powering EV batteries to the semiconductors inside infotainment systems, today’s cars rely on far more than steel and rubber. One of the most critical but least understood ...