I’ve been studying the early history of electricity’s discovery as a map for our current discovery of artificial intelligence. The smartest people alive back then, including Isaac Newton, who may have ...

In a significant breakthrough for the scientific community, a new element has been confirmed on the periodic table. This discovery holds potential implications for a wide range of scientific fields, ...

Rare earth elements aren’t rare, but they can be rather annoying. These bad boys are found together in Earth minerals, clinging so tightly that purifying them is the chemistry equivalent of juggling ...

What do magnets, smartphones and medical imaging devices have in common? They all depend on rare earth elements called lanthanides, which are vital for modern technology. Yet, separating these ...

Scientists discovered a method to create element 116 using a titanium beam, paving the way for future synthesis of element 120, the "holy grail" of chemistry.

Backed by top investors, Periodic Labs aims to create an A.I. scientist by combining machine learning with real-world experiments in the physical sciences.

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World of Interiors is a website featuring photos of rooms in people’s homes and shops. It’s exciting and inspirational. Look at these: dining chairs painted like the game pick-up sticks; a pop-art ...

China's rare-earth monopoly enabled economic warfare through April export restrictions, but American iron nitride magnet breakthrough offers strategic independence.

The study, led by Xiaochen Jin, used machine learning to determine that the atomic structure of Group 4 alloys, which scientists previously believed was randomly distributed, is actually orderly.

Critics slammed attempts by Google, Microsoft and Meta to speed up materials discovery. But behind the hype, there is progress.