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Cadmium (Cd) isotopes have great potential for understanding Cd geochemical cycling in soil and aquatic systems. Iron (oxyhydr)oxides can sequester Cd via adsorption and isomorphous substitution, but ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

Piezoelectric materials have attracted considerable attention over the last two decades because many technologies utilize their core properties of piezoelectric materials. Previous applications ...

The nearly 5,000-year-old remains of a "sacrificial ass" and three other donkeys from a faraway land have been discovered ...

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In nuclear physics, "magic numbers" identify specific numbers of protons or neutrons that lead to especially stable nuclei.

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The increasing use of silver-containing nanoparticles (NPs) in commercial products has led to NP accumulation in the environment and potentially in food webs. Identifying the uptake pathways of ...

Astatine is the rarest naturally occurring element on Earth and one of the least studied within the periodic table, mostly ...

Isotopes fans lined up well before Saturday’s game for a chance to get some special team merch. The ‘Topes donned their ...