Actinides are a group of heavy, radioactive elements that include uranium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium and californium. Understanding how these elements bond with other atoms (known as ...

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Despite rare earth elements' importance in manufacturing cell phones, magnets and a host of other consumer and commercial electronics, the lack of a sustainable, environmentally friendly approach to ...

Researchers have uncovered an unusual new form of aluminium that challenges long-held assumptions about how this common metal behaves. Researchers at King’s College London have identified an unusual ...

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Your dog provides you with an endless supply of shed hair, whether you like it or not. Using it in your garden may be better ...

For years, scientists have tried to understand what’s hidden in the Earth. Now, a recent investigation has revealed something surprising: the Earth’s core ...

Researchers at Penn State have developed a plant-based material that can selectively recover dysprosium, ...

Mysterious parallel microtunnels discovered in rock defy geology and could be the work of unknown microscopic ancient life.