An international research collaboration has overturned the long-standing belief that the atomic nucleus of lead-208 is perfectly spherical. The discovery challenges fundamental assumptions about ...

Vintage dishes can boast beautiful intricate designs, but they are also more likely to contain one toxic element.

Lithium and other elements that the U.S. needs for vital defense, energy and other applications could become harder to obtain if the Trump administration goes ahead with tariffs and other ...

The Rhode Island health department has rolled out a new online mapping tool that allows residents to check if they have lead service lines.

Airborne particles from minting coins damaged health, a new study says, and might have contributed to the Roman Empire’s ...

Relying on leading-edge germanium detectors developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National ...

Neo recycles a few dozen tons of high-purity gallium a year, mostly from semiconductor chip manufacturing scrap, at a factory ...