Based on accepted cosmological models, hydrogen and helium were the only elements in the earl. These coalesced to form the ...

Understanding the origin of heavy elements on the periodic table is one of the most challenging ... Relatedly, scientists have observed iron and plutonium in deep-sea sediment.

These are almost one-quarter of the periodic table and are mainly ... 2026 The remaining 17 are trace elements needed in very small quantities. For example, iron is necessary for producing ...

I’m too old and take too many pills to dream about normal things. I dream about the periodic table of elements, the only ...

Scientists have puzzled over the origin of elements heavier than iron since the 1950s. Recently, LSU astrophysicist Eric ...

Chemistry professor Chris Chang’s lab studies the chemical biology of the elements, specifically examining the roles that ...

A powerful cosmic event from 2004—a gamma-ray burst from a magnetar 30,000 light-years away—has just been revealed as a major ...

A surprising scientific discovery in the remnants of Tycho Brahe’s workshop has revealed the presence of tungsten, an element ...

Where did gold, uranium and other heavy elements come from — and what does that have to do with life on Earth? Scientists at LSU are helping to answer one of the biggest questions in modern ...

Sculptor Sir Antony Gormley and poet laureate Simon Armitage have worked together on a new public artwork in Oxford. The ...

Humans began creating alloys about 5,000 years ago by combining copper and tin to produce bronze. Since then, alloy design ...

This artist's concept depicts a magnetar - a type of neutron star with a strong magnetic field - losing material into space.