Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The special relationship that silicon shares with oxygen ...

THIS little book on the elements of the rare earth group, or lanthanides as they are now called, contains chapters on (a) electronic structures and oxidation states, (b) magnetic properties, (c) ...

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You may have noticed that the rock formations are very different colors. The rock formations on the left are from Red Rock State Park in Texas, and on the right is El Capitan Mountain in Yosemite ...

Bioinorganic chemistry is a field that focuses on the biochemistry of inorganic elements and compounds. This includes the dynamics of metal ions in living systems, the function of metalloproteins, and ...

A new study examines nickel and urea in early microbial habitats, showing how ancient cyanobacteria adapted to their chemical ...

What are Endangered & Critical Elements? Of the 118 elements that make up everything—from the compounds in a chemist’s arsenal to consumer products on the shelf—44 will face supply limitations in the ...

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Scripps Research chemist Matthew Disney, PhD, and colleagues have created drug-like compounds that, in human cell studies, bind and destroy the pandemic coronavirus' so-called "frameshifting element" ...