Bismuth is an unusual element that we don't encounter much in everyday life. But this pretty, iridescent metal, found near ...

Bismuth, the 83rd element in the periodic table, has been known since ancient times, but was often confused with lead and tin. In 1753, Claude François Geoffroy from France demonstrated that ...

The Cold War arms race, Ancient Egyptian make-up and medieval laxatives. What do all these things have in common? They all have a link to the periodic table, which turned 150 in 2019! Here are ...

In a study published in Nature Materials, scientists from the University of California, Irvine describe a new method to make very thin crystals of the element bismuth—a process that may aid the ...

In an article published in the journal Nature on Thursday, the researchers said that compared to their bulkier counterparts, ...

Bismuth nanosheets (Bi NSs) exhibit high activity and selectivity for formate formation due to their ample reactive sites for the CO 2 RR. Recently, the in situ (electro)chemical transformation of ...

Eric Scerri recounts the story of element 87, which after a number of false starts was finally tracked down in France — and named in its honour. One of the most remarkable things about element ...

China produced more than 80% of world's bismuth last year - USGS Alternative producers include Korea, Japan and Laos Feb 21 (Reuters) - Bismuth prices in Europe have soared to their highest in ...

Drawing inspiration from ancient copper-forging techniques, a team from the Institute of Physics at the Chinese Academy of Physics in Beijing produced sheets of bismuth, gallium, indium ...