The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

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Water transport in periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs) was studied using pulsed field gradient NMR. A series of isogeometric PMO materials with different chemical compositions of the pore walls ...

Move beyond lithium and its dominance in semiconductors. There exists a group of 17 other metals with mostly difficult-to-pronounce names but whose products are widespread around us. Here’s a full ...

The hydrothermal reactions of both PuO22+ and PuO2 with phosphonates results in the formation of Pu(IV) phosphonates. Pu(CH3PO3)2, Pu[CH2(PO3)2](H2O), and UO2Pu(H2O)2[CH2(PO3)(PO3H)]2 have been ...

Quick geology lesson: There are 17 types of rare earths, and they’re used as the building blocks in cars, semiconductors, missiles, drones, and more. China mines 70% and processes 90% of the ...