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This image is a digital enhancement of a NASA image of Earth’s atmosphere.

New, extremely reactive chemical discovered in the atmosphere

By Tom Metcalfe published

Millions of tons of a type of extremely reactive chemical can form in the atmosphere each year, with implications for health and the global climate.

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A metal kettle attached to a log structure hangs over a campfire near a lake.

Why does wood catch fire, but metal doesn't?

By JoAnna Wendel published

Burning is the release of energy, and some materials like metals, can absorb energy better than others, such as wood.

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This artist's impression shows the decay of a lutetium-149 nucleus into a ytterbium-148 nucleus and a proton.

Scientists create weird pumpkin-shaped nucleus that vanishes in nanoseconds

By Stephanie Pappas published

A newly created isotope of the silvery metal lutetium has a strange squashed nucleus and a half-life of just a few hundred nanoseconds.

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Copper: Facts about the reddish metal that has been used by humans for 8,000 years

By Stephanie Pappas published

Reference Here's a look at the element copper, including its atomic structure, history and uses today.

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Uranium nitrate called uranyl, with uranium ore, radioactive material on isolated white background_RHJ via Getty Images

Uranium: Facts about the radioactive element that powers nuclear reactors and bombs

By Stephanie Pappas published

Reference Uranium is a naturally radioactive element. It powers nuclear reactors and atomic bombs.

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A gold nugget

Gold: Facts, history and uses of the most malleable chemical element

By Stephanie Pappas published

Here's a look at the chemical element gold, including its properties, atomic structure and history.

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This image represents the new isotope, magnesium-18.

Scientists create never-before-seen isotope of magnesium

By Tom Metcalfe published

Scientists have just created the world's lightest form of magnesium — a never-before-seen isotope with just six neutrons in its atomic nuclei.

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Conceptual image of an atom – a bright nucleus with red atoms around it, and lines indicating the electrons' path

What is an atom? Facts about the building blocks of the universe

By Daisy Dobrijevic, Tim Sharp published

Reference Atoms are the building blocks of matter and were created after the Big Bang. They are the smallest unit of an element that still retains its properties.

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The classic Periodic Table organizes the chemical elements according to the number of protons that each has in its atomic nucleus.

How the Periodic Table of the Elements is arranged

By Charlie Wood, Ben Biggs published

Reference The elements in the periodic table are arranged according to the transition from metal to nonmetal elements.

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A chemist in a lab coat. Most people think chemistry is something done in lab, but you practice aspects of chemistry everyday.

What is chemistry?

By Alane Lim, Ben Biggs published

Reference Chemistry is the study of matter, its properties, how and why substances combine or separate to form other substances, and how substances interact with energy.

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