Magnesium and silicon carbide recipe results in lightweight metal with record strength

For the first time in 27 years, U.S. produces plutonium-238 to power space missions

Physicists find new evidence for helium ‘rain’ on Saturn

Speeding up the hydrogen highway

Report: Sony developing sulfur-based smartphone battery with 40% longer life

German Scientists Produce Helium Plasma Using Wendelstein 7-X Fusion Reactor

Shedding light on oxygen, radiation and cancer treatment

There's a New Form of Carbon That's Harder Than Diamond

Scientists in the 60s wanted to power fake hearts with plutonium

Rubidium round-the-clock

Pluto Up Close: Majestic Mountains, Nitrogen Glaciers, Hazy Atmosphere

Copper Surfaces Prevent Spread of Respiratory Viruses on Contact

VOA News

Many diseases like pneumonia, common cold, even MERS or SARS

Famed number π found hidden in the hydrogen atom

news.sciencemag.org

Emergence of weird formula is likely not a sign of a profound connection

Blocking calcium pathways shown to prevent hemorrhagic virus spread

bioprepwatch.com

Using hydrogen to enhance lithium-ion batteries

rdmag.com

Mercury in San Francisco Bay

ww2.kqed.org

There's a hidden danger that has been lurking in the San Francisco Bay since the days of Gold Rush mining: mercury

Ultrasensitive sensors made from boron-doped graphene

chemeurope.com

Ultrasensitive gas sensors based on the infusion of boron atoms into graphene

Lithium-air: a battery breakthrough explained

theconversation.com

Lithium-air batteries demonstrate 90% efficiency in the lab, enough for commercial use.

New fluorescent lighting phosphors slash use of rare-earth elements

Gizmag

Phosphors are essential to fluorescent lighting, but their use of rare-earth elements makes them less than ideal.

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Berkeley Lab scientists use black phosphorus to discover possibilities for conductivity | The Daily Californian

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Cobalt atoms on graphene a powerful combo

rdmag.com

New material created from orange peel cleans up mercury pollution

Gizmag

Australian scientists working at Flinders University have discovered a simple and efficient way to remove mercury

Could lithium become the new oil?

PBS

Lithium, a crucial ingredient in batteries, may one day eclipse oil as a source of geopolitical and economic power.

Californium: The Element That Kickstarts Nuclear Reactors

gizmodo.in

Unlike most manufactured elements, this one is actually useful. 

New battery concept: potassium instead of lithium

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Antimony recovery lights up lamp waste recycling | Chemistry World

Royal Society of Chemistry

Elements: Magnesium

bbc.co.uk

This metal played a part in the worst car crash in history, the 1955 Le Mans disaster

Iron-gallium alloy shows promise as a power-generation device

Phys.org

An alloy first made nearly two decades ago by the U. S. Navy could provide an efficient new way to produce electricity.

Hydrogen Goes Plastic Fantastic

Forbes

One of the first things we learn in science class is that elements occupy three states; solid, liquid, gas.

The world’s nitrogen fixation, explained

news.yale.edu

Yale University scientists may have cracked a part of the chemical code for one of the world's basic processes 

Sodium-ion batteries are potential power technology of future - Purdue University

Purdue University

The Man On A Mission To Turn Silicon Valley Into Gallium Valley

Fast Company

Alex Lidow thinks the essential material at the heart of the tech industry needs to change.

Milky Way supernovae may help explain fluorine's origin | Chemistry World

Royal Society of Chemistry

Observations counter claims that fluorine production takes place solely in young, evolving stars

The bacteria-fighting super element making a return to hospitals: Copper

Washington Post

Ancient Egyptians used it to sterilize wounds. Now it’s used on toilet handles to fight spread of infections.

Study: Efficient new catalyst may pave way for hydrogen economy

United Press International

Scientists have discovered a cheap and efficient alternative catalyst in hydrogen production.

Half diamond, half cubic boron, all cutting business

chemeurope.com

Diamonds are forever, except when they oxidize while cutting through iron, cobalt, nickel, chromium, or vanadium at high temperatures.

Relaunching the power of fluorine | Laboratory News

Laboratory News

DuPont 2015 Chemistry Student Award winner talks fluorine and how to reinvigorate a whole branch of chemistry

Earth observations show how nitrogen may be detected on exoplanets, aiding search for life | UW Today

UW (University of Washingt

For 2-D boron, it’s all about that base

rdmag.com

Scientists use nickel to produce cheaper and more environment-friendly hydrogen

ibtimes.com.au

Cellular Contamination Pathway for Plutonium, Other Heavy Elements, Identified | Berkeley Lab

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Record high pressure squeezes secrets out of osmium | (e) Science News

esciencenews.com

Carbon Fiber Cloth Can Generate Hydrogen

IEEE Spectrum

Catalyst Can Work in Water

House Works: Zinc strips reduce moss growth on roof shingles

Ottawa Citizen

We may not be running out of helium after all

Gizmag

A team of scientists conducted a new study that indicates that there may be vast new sources of helium

Alligator On Helium Reveals The Secret Meaning Of Alligator Bellows

Popular Science

They bellow to communicate their body size to other gators

NASA's LADEE confirms the moon's atmosphere has neon

Engadget

But not enough to turn it into a glowing orb in the sky.

Neutrino-mass measurements could benefit from holmium-trapping result -

physicsworld.com

Resolution of nuclear-decay quandary is important step forward, say physicists

Band Gap of Black Phosphorus Provides an Advantage Over Graphene

azom.com

Pohang University of Science and Technology tuned the band gap in Black Phosphorus to form a superior conductor

Graphene Ribbons Grow on Germanium | EE Times

eetimes.com

University of Wisconsin researchers have found a way to grow semiconducting graphene ribbons