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China has stopped almost all shipments of critical minerals that are needed for cars, robots, wind turbines, jet fighters and ...
Myanmar is caught in a scramble for minerals. Their exploitation is causing deaths and environmental harm in the country's ...
Going out for Italian food is an American pastime. The numbers don't lie: One out of every eight U.S. restaurants serves ...
These are almost one-quarter of the periodic table and are mainly found in the first four periods. Of these, 11 are essential elements that our bodies need in larger amounts: oxygen, carbon ...
We always enjoy [The History Guy], and we wish he’d do more history of science and technology. But when he does, he always delivers! His latest video, which you can see below, focuses on the ...
The semi-trailer was fully loaded with the common agriculture fertilizer ammonium nitrate. Two different clean-up crews were needed to help clear the area and remove truck debris. State Highway 25 ...
Can you believe the periodic table has been around for over 150 years? Take this quiz to see if you can find the elements. What information do we collect from this quiz? What is the periodic table?
The Japanese diversified company also agreed to buy about 250,000 metric tons a year of ammonia from the planned project. Image by Weerapong Khodsom via iStock Exxon Mobil Corp. and Marubeni Corp ...
Scientists have only recently encountered this class of X-ray flares, called QPEs, or quasi-periodic eruptions. A system astronomers have nicknamed Ansky is the eighth QPE source discovered ...
How does ammonia behave when it leaks in an engine room? How does a cloud of escaped ammonia disperse during bunkering operations? These and many other critical safety questions that must be ...