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Facts About Rhodium
By Traci Pedersen published
Properties, sources and uses of the element rhodium.
Is Earth's Missing Xenon Hidden in the Core?
By Stephanie Pappas published
Earth's xenon is missing. But a new experiment suggests it might have been right under our feet all along.
Facts About Bismuth
By Carol Stoll published
Properties, sources and uses of the element bismuth.
Facts About Chromium
By Carol Stoll published
Properties, sources and uses of the element chromium.
Chemists May Have Found the 'Missing Link' to the First Life on Earth
By Dave Roos published
The search for the ancient chemical origins of life has a new candidate — a multitasking enzyme that may have set the evolutionary ball rolling.
Facts About Barium
By Carol Stoll published
Properties, sources and uses of the element barium.
Watch Acetone Vapor Melt a Calculator Like a Salvador Dalí Painting
By Jesse Emspak published
Here's how one YouTube user literally dissolved a calculator, creating a surreal and hypnotic video of the cool chemistry.
What Is a Polymer?
By Alina Bradford published
Polymers are materials made of long, repeating chains of molecules. There are natural and synthetic polymers, including proteins and rubber, and glass and epoxies.
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