Valued at 400 times the price of gold, californium is a rare metal with vital applications in science, medicine and cancer ...

Ever wondered what the most abundant element on Earth is? Or how the elements that make up our planet compare to those floating out in the vast universe?

Rocks returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission suggest volcanic activity just 2.8 billion years ago but lack telltale heat-generating elements.

November's full moon will be Friday night as the last consecutive supermoon in 2024. It's called the beaver moon, and ...

Scientists have found a way to create superheavy elements, leading to groundbreaking possibilities in chemistry.

Scientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The ...

Scientists are pioneering new material designs that may bring the dream of room-temperature superconductivity closer to reality. Superconductors typically require extremely low temperatures to ...

The project — undertaken by China Northern Rare Earth (Group) High-Tech Co — is said to ... Rare earths are a category of 17 metallic elements in the periodic table that have desirable properties, ...

A graduate student at the University of Illinois Chicago has developed new materials that could help scientists tackle one of ...

For decades, scientists have looked for materials that could make superconductivity -- the lossless transmission of electricity -- possible at higher temperatures, such as room temperature. That would ...

New materials designed by a University of Illinois Chicago graduate student may help scientists meet one of today's biggest ...

In a feat of modern-day alchemy, scientists have used a beam of vaporized titanium to create one of the heaviest elements on ...