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.

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 ...

Rag Mayur, who shot to fame with his portrayal of Maridesh Babu in the indie hit Cinema Bandi, has played memorable ...

A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster ...

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, ...

This time, Lugano were unable to secure three points with a late goal as in the last two rounds. On the contrary: they squandered the one point in stoppage time against St. Gallen, who played with ...

Understanding where Earth’s essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new study reveals a surprising twist in the story of our planet’s ...