This concept isn’t new—in fact, it is the essence of representational state transfer (REST). Instead of converting to a ...

Rare earth elements are critical to many industries—used in electric motors, medical imaging and diagnostics, oil and gas refining, and computer and phone screens. The 17 rare earth elements all have ...

Abstract: We first used text analysis methods to define and measure the level of data element input. We qualitatively demonstrated that data element input can improve total factor productivity (TFP) ...

To expand the periodic table, it might be time to go titanium. A new study lays the groundwork to expand the periodic table with a search for element 120, to be made by slamming electrically charged ...

The third-heaviest element in the universe has been made in a way that offers a route for synthesising the elusive element 120, which would be the heaviest element in the periodic table. “We were very ...

One of the rarest and most mysterious elements in the periodic table has finally given up some crucial chemical secrets, eight decades after its discovery. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...

At the far end of the periodic table is a realm where nothing is quite as it should be. The elements here, starting at atomic number 104 (rutherfordium), have never been found in nature. In fact, they ...

Matthew Weideman is a lifelong nerd who has always had a passion for writing. As a kid, he was always writing fictional stories set in the world of Pokemon or Star Wars, or building worlds of his own.