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Newly Discovered Element 112 Named "Copernicum"
Meet the Face of Element 112 Nicolaus Copernicus When we talked with element 112's discoverer, Sigurd Hofmann, on the significance of making a permanent mark on the periodic table, he told us he...
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Superheavy Element 114's Synthesis Confirmed, Dashes Hopes of "Island of...
Element 114 via The Knight Science Journalism TrackerMore than 10 years after Russian scientists first claimed to create atoms of Ununquadium, the unstable element in position 114 on the periodic...
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Exclusive: The Making of The Elements, One of the iPad's Most Magical Apps
Bismuth Theodore Gray/Nick Mann/The Elements Every once in a while things just come together to make you realize that you'd be an idiot not to put yourself through hell in pursuit of an impossible...
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Superheavy Element 117, Long Anticipated, Briefly Shows Itself in Russian Lab
Smashing Particles to Make Particles Particle collisions like the one above – recently captured at CERN's Large Hadron Collider – can briefly produce new elements and particles that don't naturally...
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Gallery: What's Left of the Elements
Lithium Reserves: 10 millions tonsCost: $2 per poundCritical for: BatteriesOutlook: Strong Every year, industries use nearly 20,000 tons of lithium, including some for lithium-ion batteries in...
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Theodore Gray, the man behind our Gray Matter column and the amazing The Elements: A Visual Exploration periodic table app for the iPad (and in print), has just rolled out a version for the iPhone 4,...
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Gallery: Elements for Clean Energy
LithiumBecause of its high reactivity and low mass, lithium is used as the charge carrier in the lightest and most energy-dense rechargeable batteries on the market. Ignore talk of "peak lithium." The...
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How 29 Long-Ignored Elements Could Make or Break the Clean-Energy Revolution
Mineral Water On Chile's Salar de Atacama, the companies SQM and Chemetall, whose operation is shown above, pipe mineral-rich brine into evaporation ponds and then process it into lithium carbonate....
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Two New Super-Heavy Elements Added To The Periodic Table
Periodic Table of Elements iStockPhoto The periodic table of the elements now officially has two new members, its heaviest ever. The new elements, 114 and 116 weigh 289 and 292 atomic mass units,...
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Archive Gallery: The Exciting Growth of The Periodic Table
U.S. Alchemists Make Gold: March, 1948 View Photo GalleryThe periodic table of elements, organized thoughtfully from hydrogen to ununoctium, is a tribute to the accomplishments of modern chemistry and...
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Japanese Team Claims Discovery Of Elusive Element 113, And May Get To Name It
Decay Chain of Element 113 Superheavy element 113 decays to the following daughter isotopes: Roentgenium-274; Meitnerium-270; Bohrium-266; Dubnium-262; Lawrencium-258; and Mendelevium-254. RIKEN...
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The Simplest Periodic Table We've Ever Seen
The Periodic Table of the Elements, by electronic structure Alison Haigh In this beautiful, easy-to-read periodic table, created by London-based graphic designer Alison Haigh, each element is...
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Theoretical Element 115 Exists, Study Confirms
The Periodic Table of the Elements, by electronic structure Alison Haigh At the bottom right corner of the periodic table of elements, there are a handful of boxes that illustrators often color gray....
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FYI: What Would Happen If Every Element On The Periodic Table Came Into...
The Periodic Table Of The Elements joelogon on Flickr There are two ways to go about testing this, neither of which are practical. One requires the energy of dozens of Large Hadron Colliders. The...
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Have Modern Scientists Made Any Advancements In Alchemy?
Platinum Ore Clever chemistry could replace pricey catalysts such as platinum. Getty Images Ancient alchemists tried just about anything to turn lead into gold. But if they had just had a laser, they...
View ArticleHow 29 Long-Ignored Elements Could Make or Break the Clean-Energy Revolution
In December 2006, William Tahil, an energy analyst, published a paper online titled "The Trouble with Lithium." His argument would be alarming to the many people who had…
View ArticleTwo New Super-Heavy Elements Added To The Periodic Table
The periodic table of the elements now officially has two new members, its heaviest ever. The new elements, 114 and 116 weigh 289 and 292 atomic mass units, respectively. By…
View ArticleArchive Gallery: The Exciting Growth of The Periodic Table
The periodic table of elements, organized thoughtfully from hydrogen to ununoctium, is a tribute to the accomplishments of modern chemistry and physics. Since Dmitri…
View ArticleJapanese Team Claims Discovery Of Elusive Element 113, And May Get To Name It
Japanese researchers claim they've seen conclusive evidence of the long-sought element 113, a super-heavy, super-unstable element near the bottom of the periodic table.
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