Expensive noble metals often play a vital role in illuminating screens or converting solar energy into fuels. Now, chemists at the University of Basel have succeeded in replacing these rare elements ...

Expensive noble metals often play a vital role in illuminating screens or converting solar energy into fuels. Now, chemists have succeeded in replacing these rare elements with a significantly cheaper ...

Basel chemists have innovatively used chromium to emulate the luminescent properties of rare metals like osmium, with the bonus of being cheaper and more abundant. The newly developed materials, when ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is concerned about the increased prevalence of diabetes, a chronic health condition that affects how the body turns food into energy. There are ...

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But what even is hexavalent chromium? It’s a form of chromium, an odorless and tasteless metallic element found naturally in rocks, plants, soil, volcanic dust and animals. The EPA said that trivalent ...

An alloy of chromium, cobalt and nickel (CrCoNi) is the toughest material ever tested, and its characteristics could make it useful in the construction of aircraft or spacecraft. Toughness is a ...