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They're called rare earths. The name's a lie but the scarcity isn't
The term 'rare earth' dates to an 18th‑century Swedish mine and survives mainly out of habit. In truth, these 17 metals are ...
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What Happens When You Take Magnesium and Iron Together?
You can take iron and magnesium supplements together, but it does depend on the type of magnesium. Learn how to avoid ...
Why screen for iron deficiency? It's common, consequential and curable
Iron deficiency—when there's too little iron in the blood—may affect a quarter of the world's population, and in particular, women of reproductive age. Symptoms can include fatigue and shortness of ...
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LSU scientists are helping solve one of physics' biggest questions. Here's why it matters.
Scientists have puzzled over the origin of elements heavier than iron since the 1950s. Recently, LSU astrophysicist Eric ...
New public artwork in Oxford by Antony Gormley and poet laureate
Sculptor Sir Antony Gormley and poet laureate Simon Armitage have worked together on a new public artwork in Oxford. The ...
Forged in Fire: How Gamma-Ray Bursts Could Create the Universe’s Heaviest Elements
Physicists propose that high-energy photon jets from collapsing stars may be secret factories of heavy elements like ...
'It's answering one of the questions of the century': Scientists may finally know where the oldest gold in the universe came from
Dead stars may have started churning out vast amounts of gold much earlier in the universe than previously thought, a new ...
New framework suggests stars dissolve into neutrons to forge heavy elements
Understanding the origin of heavy elements on the periodic table is one of the most challenging open problems in all of ...
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YETI’s new cast iron skillet is the only cookware you’ll need for camping: Here’s what we know about the pan
YETI dropped its latest outdoor cooking addition with a new larger 14-Inch Cast Iron Pan that’s sizable enough to cook every meal outdoors. The new YETI 14-Inch Cast Iron Pan is an extra-large ...
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PM Modi heads to Saudi next week: Trade, energy and defence ties on the table
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is headed to Saudi Arabia next week — his first visit to the country in his third term. Since first assuming office in 2014, Modi has travelled there twice before — in ...