In the proverbial shadow of the Naughton Power Plant, a station in Kemmerer, Wyoming, that will stop burning coal at the end ...

A longstanding mystery of the periodic table involves a group of unique elements called lanthanides. Also known as rare earth ...

These are almost one-quarter of the periodic table and are mainly found in the first four periods. Of these, 11 are essential elements that our bodies need in larger amounts: oxygen, carbon, ...

Richard Feynman, a famous theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize, said that if he could pass on only one piece of ...

Uranium is a story of duality. It is a mineral pulled from ancient rocks that can light up a city or wipe one off the map. It’s not just a relic of the Cold War or science fiction. It’s real, it’s ...

The head of the WordPress project on the WP Engine lawsuit, Automattic turning 20, and what’s next for the web.

Cobalt is a hard, silvery-gray metal best known for its impressive durability, heat resistance, and magnetic properties. It's found naturally in copper and nickel ores, and sits at number 27 on the ...

The book features Ella, a young girl who needs surgery after a skateboarding accident, and explains the surgical process in a ...

Advanced Ceramic Fibers demonstrates ultra-high temperature ceramic matrix composites using SiC and other metallic carbides.

Discover how CPL’s ongoing free ScienceConnections series inspires hands-on STEAM learning for kids through creative programs ...

Is the Hubble constant—a key part of how we measure the expansion of our universe—in a crisis? Some cosmologists say yes.