A research team at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with international collaborators at Monash University and the Joint Institute for Nuclear ...

There's a long, long history of biologists one-upping each other with bizarre new forms of life, but scientists have never discovered something quite like GFAJ-1, an arsenic-loving bacterium whose ...

British author Aldersey-Williams, whose range includes architecture, design, and science, delves into the elemental%E2%80%94the perfect subject matter for his ...

Before phosphorus became a common ingredient in lightbulbs and bombs, early chemists isolated it from urine — at the time, an at-hand source of undiscovered chemicals. According to a recipe by English ...

On the Pic du Midi in the Pyrenees, ETH researchers have analyzed particulate matter, clouds and rainwater for traces of arsenic. Using newly developed measurement methods, they have elucidated the ...

Creating mnemonic phrases can help you remember the order of elements, especially for the first 20 elements or specific groups. These phrases are general and are available on other free online sources ...