February 7 is National Periodic Table Day, when we celebrate the efforts of scientists over the centuries to figure out how different elements ...

Rubies and emeralds have the colors they do because, like many substances, they absorb some colors of light. Most visible light, like sunlight, is composed of all the colors of the rainbow: red, ...

Nihonium, developed by Japanese researchers, was officially recognized as the 113th element of the periodic table. It was synthesized at RIKEN, a Japanese institute specializing in physical and ...

Once created, element 119 will contain 119 protons—the most of any element discovered. It will sit on a new, eighth row of the periodic table, and it could be the first element to be named since ...

Amid Earth’s mobile tectonic plates, subduction zones arise as regions of intense geological activity and concentrate minerals into ore deposits like gold.

Statement by US President Donald Trump about his interest in gaining access to rare earth metal deposits at In Ukraine, they ...

After a Chinese export ban, can America get gallium and germanium from Canada — or will tariffs get in the way?

Trump signed an order withdrawing the U.S. from the UNHRC, a 47-member international institution tasked with improving human ...

Think of a seashell. Don’t think of a conch. In fact, forget, for now, about univalve mollusks entirely. Think of Shell, the ...