A more efficient and cost-effective way to detect lanthanides, the rare earth metals used in smartphones and other technologies, could be possible with a new protein-based sensor that changes its ...

Conventional wisdom among chemists has been that most lanthanide elements could exist in compounds only in the +3 oxidation state. Overturning that long-standing assumption, researchers have now ...

Lanthanum is widely spread in the Earth's crust and does not occur in a single place like copper or zinc. Lanthanum is a relatively abundant element at about 18 parts per million. Monazite, bastnasite ...

Nanoparticle research has found a number of applications in a variety of fields, which were not possible earlier with elements in their original states. This article will elaborate on the properties ...