Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. There are some 90+ elements of the periodic table that occur naturally ...

Neutron capture in iron nuclei occurs in high-energy environments such as supernovae. Neutron capture results in the conversion of a neutron into a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino. This ...

This post is the second in a three-part series on how living creatures use the elements of the periodic table. Read the first post here, and learn more about the elements on NOVA's two-hour special, ...

Elements heavier than iron, such as gold and uranium, are primarily formed through neutron capture processes, specifically the rapid neutron capture process (r-process). The r-process, unlike the ...

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I highly recommend Wonderful Life with the Elements as a companion to the science classroom. Our world, everything we know, can be distilled into 188 elements. The very thought is fascinating in its ...

Floating 125,000 feet above the Antarctic ice sheet, a balloon-borne experiment is making an unprecendented second loop around the South Pole, probing the heavens for the origin of cosmic rays, atomic ...

The periodic table added its 112 th official element Wednesday, when scientists in Darmstadt, Germany, announced they had received official approval for ununbium from an international body of chemists ...

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