I highly recommend Wonderful Life with the Elements as a companion to the science classroom. Our world, everything we know, can be distilled into 188 elements. The very thought is fascinating in its ...
The strongest permanent magnets today contain a mix of the elements neodymium and iron. However, neodymium on its own does not behave like any known magnet, confounding researchers for more than half ...
Neutron capture in iron nuclei occurs in high-energy environments such as supernovae. Neutron capture results in the conversion of a neutron into a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino. This ...
They exist for only seconds at most in real life, but they've gained immortality in chemistry: Two new elements have been added to the periodic table. The elements were recognized by an international ...
The periodic table is getting an update. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announced that four new chemical elements have been assigned atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118.