The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

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The discovery of a metal-rich star packed with both light and heavy elements hints at exotic stellar explosions and the role of ancient dwarf galaxies in seeding the cosmos with uranium and thorium.

Ted Bundy, the Green River Killer, and others terrorized the Pacific Northwest. "Murderland" asks what role polluters played.

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In her new book, "Murderland," Caroline Fraser argues that the rise of these criminals has deep roots in the release of ...

Massbox delivers rapid chemical compositional analysis of virtually any solid material, from feedstock powders to fully ...