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Consumer Reports is urging consumers to throw out their cinnamon if it was manufactured by one of a dozen companies.

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A longstanding mystery of the periodic table involves a group of unique elements called lanthanides. Also known as rare earth ...

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This theory that decreased refractory elements lead to higher magnetic activity has an interesting corollary. Since planets can bind refractory material, stars that host planets are more likely to ...

The periodic table looks complete, but it isn’t. The race is on to discover the table’s next row of elements, starting with elements 119 and 120. Japan hopes to produce element 119 one atom at ...

However, no level of lead is safe for infants and toddlers, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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The chemical analyses were conducted by Professor Emeritus and expert in archaeometry, Kaare Lund Rasmussen from the Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark.

With every step along the lanthanide series, from lanthanum to lutetium, each element gains one proton and one electron. Protons add to an atom’s nucleus, while electrons add to its orbitals.