Hold on, hold on! We may have a new world record here. Researchers from Brown University may have found a substance with a melting point that beats out the previous record by a few hundred degrees.

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Play this game to learn about lots of different elements in the periodic table. While you're watching, look out for where different elements are found in the periodic table. Mrs Roberts: So, here I ...

Estimates are made of the abundances of some lithophile trace elements, particularly heat-producing elements, in the bulk Earth. The applicability of abundance estimates based on extra-terrestrial ...

High-power lasers that can selectively cut and join metallic products are becoming increasingly important in today's manufacturing industry. Now scientists have developed a technique that reveals ...

A new study using simulations identified two tipping points for the Greenland Ice Sheet: releasing 1000 gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere will cause the southern portion of the ice sheet to melt; ...