February 7 is National Periodic Table Day, when we celebrate the efforts of scientists over the centuries to figure out how different elements ...

The periodic table organizes chemical elements based on atomic weight, electron configurations, and chemical properties, ...

Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.

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The low-carbon transition needs batteries. And those need lithium. Fortunately, the metal is abundant, and science is getting ...

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Recent sampling shows that a high-alpine tributary of the Roaring Fork River, in addition to having high concentrations of ...

After a breakdown in US-Russia relations, Riken finds itself ahead of its rivals. And Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory chases element 120 ...

Lithium batteries are in the news constantly. But lithium has plenty of other uses. It's a drug for bipolar disorder. It used ...