Chemistry

ORNL unlocks promethium properties with rare radioactive element study

Daisy Hips

Oak Ridge National Laboratory director Stephen Streiffer looks ahead Stephen Streiffer, who became director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in ...

Scientists Puzzled by ‘Rule of Four’ Pattern Found in Most Materials

Daisy Hips

A bizarre “Rule of Four” has been identified in the basic structure of the majority of inorganic materials—and scientists are ...

Scientists destroy 99% of cancer cells in lab using new technique with ‘vibrating molecules’

Debi Johnson

The early-stage research – which saw 99 per cent of melanoma cells eradicated in a lab – could provide new ...