Plants do more than photosynthesize – some of them make gold. In a boreal forest in northern Finland, scientists found tiny gold particles inside Norway spruce needles. Plants like the Norway spruce ...

Quantum physics can seem pretty tough at first, but there are a lot of books out there that make it way less scary. If you’re just starting out and want to learn about quantum physics without getting ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...

A new study from researchers at MBARI and the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science—with an interdisciplinary team of collaborators from the Hakai Institute, ...

A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic particles. What happens to these particles within atoms would stay unexplained ...

Ion chromatography offers opportunities for young chromatographers as current experts retire, emphasizing the need for knowledge transfer. Mastery of fundamental principles, hardware, software, and ...

In the first in a series of interviews to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of ion chromatography (IC), Joachim Weiss, Chris Pohl, and Brett Paul offer advice to chromatographers who want to ...

Deep beneath South Dakota, scientists are closing in on one of the greatest mysteries in the universe — the true nature of dark matter. Using the world’s most sensitive detector, the LUX-ZEPLIN experi ...

What would a bucket full of deep space contain? Richard LivitskiSeal Beach, California One would think that this excellent question would be easy to answer: A bucket full of "deep space" would contain ...

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Hailed as one of the 50 most important women in science, she found ways to study rare radioactive isotopes and advanced the understanding of nuclear fission.

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