Tungsten is used in many different ways because it is very strong and durable. It is very resistant to corrosion and has the highest melting point and highest tensile strength of any element.

The element also holds a special place in literature, having given its name to a famous uncle 1, and has become a first name in the German language, borne by the knight and epic poet Wolfram von ...

Researchers discovered an interesting mix of elements from his alchemist laboratory that included tungsten, which wasn’t yet known to science at the time. The find could spell out why Brahe’s ...

Would you ever walk again? That metal is tungsten. As well as being incredibly dense it is also incredibly hard and has the highest melting point of all the elements at 3,422C. A century or so ago ...

My chemistry teacher in high school cracked up every time she referred to the symbol for tungsten—that big, fat, unaccountable W. So what gives? How did these elements get symbols with letters ...

Not classified as an element until the 1780s, tungsten likely first popped up in German chemistry as ‘Wolfram,’ and Brahe’s medicine were known to have German influence. “Maybe Tycho Brahe ...