Only a Few Grams of This Element Exist—and Scientists Have Used It to Break the Rules of the Periodic Table
More than 75 years after its initial discovery, scientists have created an organometallic molecule containing the ...
Serendipitous discovery reveals how stress and chemistry etch mysterious spiral patterns
UCLA doctoral student Yilin Wong noticed that some tiny dots had appeared on one of her samples, which had been accidentally ...
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Indium: The Rare, Shiny Element That Can Be Chewed Like Gum
Before their falling out, however, they named the new element after the Latin word for violet or indigo, indicum, since its ...
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From the periodic table to the food we eat: Chemistry in the Kitchen draws students in
For professor of chemistry and physics Richard Zare, the goal for CHEM 29N: Chemistry in the Kitchen is not to make students ...
Scientists Defy Chemistry: Boron-Carbon Triple Bond Breaks the Rules
Scientists in Germany have achieved something never seen before: creating a stable boron-carbon triple bond. While triple ...
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Scientists detonate chemistry with world’s first boron-carbon triple bond in history
In combination with the triple bond, this is about as uncomfortable as it gets for boron, requiring very special conditions,” ...
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. or PCCP) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original (primary) research and review articles on any aspect of physical ...