Elements from the group of rare earth metals are of great importance today, also in technical applications. The Bioinorganic Chemistry group at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) is conducting ...

Results from experiments at CERN* and the Jyv‰skyl‰ Accelerator Laboratory in Finland, reported in Nature** today, cast new light on the primary reaction that creates carbon in stars. All the carbon ...

Researchers at Newcastle University have taken a step forward in our understanding of how the fundamental building blocks of life are put together. In a paper published today in Nature, the team led ...

Saturn’s moon Enceladus is producing phosphorus, meaning that this icy moon holds all the essential building blocks for life as we know it. Every life form on Earth contains six key elements: carbon, ...