Researchers has detected the element tellurium for the first time in three ancient stars. Tellurium is rare on Earth. Nearly 13.7 billion years ago, the universe was made of only hydrogen, helium and ...

New technologies often mean elements start moving through the environment in new ways. Take lead plumbing: it helped provide access to fresh water for the masses, but left a toxic legacy that remains ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Light from three ancient stars at the edge of the Milky Way indicates that the stars contain ...

In the second-brightest supernova ever seen, two neutron stars have collided and created a variety of rare heavy elements, many of which are needed for life on Earth. The extraordinarily bright ...

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Vancouver, BC, Canada, Jan. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Tellurium Corp. (CSE: FTEL) (the “Company” or “First Tellurium”), continues to track advancements in tellurium battery technology ...

Unless you're a real science geek, chances are you never knew these eight elements even existed. Nonetheless, many of them form the foundations of modern life, from europium (a critical element in ...

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The periodic system contains 118 chemical elements. However, only a few of them are of major importance in our daily lives. An international research group has now discovered astonishing and beautiful ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Nearly 13.7 billion years ago, the universe was made of only hydrogen, helium and traces of lithium — byproducts of the Big Bang. Some 300 million years later, the very first stars ...