Scientists think an asteroid could contain previously unknown elements. Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia appears to be denser than the densest element in the Periodic Table. The densest naturally occurring ...

Evidence of ancient human activity can be gleaned from the concentrations of the rare element osmium in soil core samples, a new report shows. The finding suggests that osmium could be used generally ...

Researchers have determined that the presence of the rare element osmium is on the rise globally. They trace this increase to the consumption of refined platinum, the primary ingredient in catalytic ...

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About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. Using a 185-meter beamline at the Diamond synchrotron, ...

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The band at the 43rd annual International Precious Metals Institute Conference is billed, at least according to the huge glowing sign near the stage, as Abbacadabra, “the ultimate ABBA tribute.” But ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- An unusual meteorite that fell on a frozen lake in Canada five years ago has led a Florida State University geochemist to a breakthrough in understanding the origin of the chemical ...

In a surprising overturn, the lustrous, blue-white element osmium has beaten diamond in a test of compressibility. Not used much today, osmium has been incorporated into alloys for fountain-pen tips ...

HANOVER, N.H., April 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've determined the global increase in the rare element osmium is being caused by refined platinum used in catalytic converters. Dartmouth ...

The detailed timing of continental crust extraction should be recorded in the radiogenic isotope composition of the mantle. A systematically declining distribution of mantle depletion ages would ...