All elemental articles
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ResearchXRF reveals early drafts of ancient Egyptian art
Portable analytical equipment allows greater analysis of ancient artwork
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ResearchHand-built caesium-based ‘artificial atoms’ used to create ‘synthetic’ benzene
Manufactured atoms offer chemists chance to play ‘mind games’ with matter and change bond order of molecules
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ResearchDeviation study suggests numerous elemental analyses are too good to be true
Should journals introduce new requirements for researchers reporting elemental analysis data?
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NewsShedding light on Nazi-era uranium cubes with modern nuclear forensics
US team are using radiochronometry to confirm their authenticity and origins
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ResearchBronze age tin from Israeli shipwrecks was mined in Britain
Isotope analysis matches metal to mines in Devon and Cornwall suggesting ancient trade route existed
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ResearchIonisation energy of promethium fills one of the last holes in periodic table
Experiment puts an end to 75-year-old mystery
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ResearchLiquid analysis simultaneously checks for 71 elements
Technique delivers elemental fingerprint of everything from water to wine in minutes
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NewsNoble gas’s days of fixed atomic weight argon
Chemistry’s standardisation body introduces atomic weight interval for argon and updates weights of another 13 elements
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ResearchTwo atom reaction smallest chemistry experiment ever performed
Exquisite manipulation of a single sodium and caesium atom could herald start of an era of total control over chemistry
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ResearchElemental maps of cocoa beans could help cut chocolate contaminants
New imaging technique locates multiple-elements in confectionery feedstock
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ResearchExperiments confirm nickel isotope's ‘doubly magic’ status
Analysis of copper-79 reveal the secrets of its magic neighbour
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ResearchBeam isotope separation could sift lighter elements
Bouncing neon off a surface allows collection of specific isotope
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ResearchHeavy elements forged by cataclysmic cosmic collision
First sighting of two neutron stars merging reveals how heavy elements are synthesised
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Research‘Pink phosphorus’ caged in carbon nanotubes
Highly reactive white phosphorus seen linking up to make new 1D form on way to red allotrope of the element
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NewsExplainer: superheavy elements
How do you make a new element, how can you make sure you’ve really made it and what kit do you need?
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PodcastElements of Power by David Abraham – Book club
This month we learn of the problems that arise from mining rare metals in David Abraham’s The Elements of Power
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OpinionWeighty decisions
Juris Meija explains why a small change to the atomic weight of an element can make a huge difference to science