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This Abundant Mineral on the Moon Could Power Humanity for Thousands of Years
This is also one of the driving forces urging countries to seek to conquer the Moon again.
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Did you know: Astatine is the rarest natural element on Earth?
Astatine is the rarest naturally occurring element in the Earth's crust with less than 25 grams on the entire planet at any given time.
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Rare Element Plutonium - What Do You Know About It?
It is element 94 on the periodic table (Pu) and is one of the most dangerous elements on Earth.
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Scientists discover new type of oxygen with strange properties
Scientists in Japan have created two new forms of oxygen that have unusual properties compared to popular theories about atomic structure.
Space science
Encountering 'devil particles', rare treasures appearing in the Solar System?
German-Japanese scientists have proposed one
Archeology
Analyzing cosmic matter, finding Earth's first human?
Two distinctive isotopes in quartz created by high-energy cosmic ray reactions near the Earth's surface have revealed the age of skeletons that may be older than the fam…
Scientific works
Creating a strange, pumpkin-shaped atomic nucleus
Physicists in Finland have created a pumpkin-shaped atomic nucleus that can produce protons in a rare type of radioactive decay.
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Scientists create unprecedented isotope of magnesium
The world's lightest magnesium isotope was created, giving new insights into the binding energies of electrons as they orbit the nucleus.
Biology
Do trees grow faster because of earthquakes?
According to recent research, earthquakes may have helped trees in the valley grow more.
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What is heavy water?
Heavy water is water containing a higher proportion of deuterium isotopes (deuterium), either deuterium oxide, D2O or ²H2O, or deuterium protium oxide, HDO or H¹H²O.
Space science
Found planet debris to prove the origin of the Moon
How the moon was formed is a question that scientists have been searching for answers for centuries.
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Russian scientists study new methods to enrich regenerated uranium
According to RIA Novosti, scientists at the Russian National Nuclear University MEPhI - National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NRNU MEPhI) presented a new project t…
Archeology
What is carbon isotope analysis? Why is it possible to date the archeology?
According to level 3 knowledge, there are always variations called chemical isotopes. Isotopes will have the same number of protons and electrons but different numbers i…
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Found traces of new forms of iron from the Antarctic universe
A group of scientists took 500kg of snow in Antarctica, melted it and sifted through the remaining particles. Their analysis brings a surprise: Snow contains a significa…
Oceanography
The temperature of the oceans billions of years ago is not hotter than today
Some geologists believe that ancient ocean temperatures were extremely hot (at least 70 degrees Celsius), while some thought it was close to today's heat (about 15 degre…