Selenium is an element with a dual nature; it is a necessary micronutrient for humans and animals but becomes toxic at high concentrations. Its accumulation in water sources, resulting from both ...

The periodic table contains elements that range from incredibly common to almost impossible to find. Some exist only in tiny traces or appear for mere moments before disappearing. The rarest elements ...

When fate presented Gayathri Padmam with a project that involved reviving—and carefully transplanting—elements from an ancestral home into a Bengaluru bungalow fit for a young family, it felt less ...

Scientists have long been probing the universe to determine how elements came together to form planets and (at least in Earth’s case) gave rise to life. One disconnect was that the universe contained ...

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Seventeen elements of the periodic table have taken on outsize importance because of their use in smartphones, electric vehicles, medical devices, and other technologies. They’re valued for their ...

Selenium is a mineral found in the soil. It naturally appears in water and some foods. While people only need a very small amount, selenium plays a key role in your metabolism. Brazil nuts are are one ...

Beneath a large American flag on the eve of a trade war, John Maslin encouraged an audience of North Carolina officials, industry stakeholders and potential investors to consider rare earth magnets.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Sometime in the fall of 2021, Andrew Krapivin, an undergraduate at Rutgers University, encountered a paper that would change his life.