I was browsing C&EN's website when I came upon the periodic table (pubs.acs.org/cen/80th/elements.html) and was somewhat dismayed to see that it continues to ...

Researchers at the Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, precisely measured atomic masses of radioactive lanthanum isotopes and found an interesting feature in their nuclear ...

Zeolites are a family of microporous crystalline aluminosilicate materials, which fall into more than 200 structural types 16. Each structural type is distinguished by its unique pore structure—for ...

Researchers from Skoltech, Jilin University and Beijing HPSTAR in China, and their German colleagues have synthesized and studied a new type of hydrogen-rich superconductor. Technically referred to as ...

Lanthanum is widely spread in the Earth's crust and does not occur in a single place like copper or zinc. Lanthanum is a relatively abundant element at about 18 parts per million. Monazite, bastnasite ...

Nanoparticle research has found a number of applications in a variety of fields, which were not possible earlier with elements in their original states. This article will elaborate on the properties ...