Before phosphorus became a common ingredient in lightbulbs and bombs, early chemists isolated it from urine — at the time, an at-hand source of undiscovered chemicals. According to a recipe by English ...
British author Aldersey-Williams, whose range includes architecture, design, and science, delves into the elemental%E2%80%94the perfect subject matter for his ...
The periodic table is getting an update. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announced that four new chemical elements have been assigned atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118.