A newly discovered nanocluster has a geometry that ''has not been observed in chemistry heretofore,'' the researchers say. The discovery of carbon nanostructures like two-dimensional graphene and ...
Conceptual art showing the rare earth element promethium in a vial surrounded by an organic ligand. Scientists have discovered hidden features of promethium, opening a pathway for research on other ...
What do magnets, smartphones and medical imaging devices have in common? They all depend on rare earth elements called lanthanides, which are vital for modern technology. Yet, separating these ...
Lanthanide elements are important for clean energy and other applications. To use them, industry must separate mixed lanthanide sources into individual elements using costly, time-consuming, and waste ...
The lanthanide (4f) and actinide (5f) elements (collectively the “f-block”) comprise around a quarter of the periodic table, and many are essential to key aspects of modern life and society. These ...
In a breakthrough that could help secure the global food supply, MIT researchers have found that lanthanides, a class of rare earth elements, can make staple crops such as corn, soybeans, barley, and ...
Lanthanides are rare-earth heavy metals with useful magnetic properties and a knack for emitting light. Researchers had long assumed that lanthanides' toxicity risk was low and therefore safe to ...
LANTHANIDE geochemistry has been attracting increasing attention 1,2 because the lanthanide elements are expected to provide earth science with a powerful tool. This is based partly on the fact that ...
(Nanowerk News) The discovery of carbon nanostructures like two-dimensional graphene and soccer ball-shaped buckyballs helped to launch a nanotechnology revolution. In recent years, researchers from ...