Zinc can protect against the superoxide responsible for oxidative stress when taken together with a component found in foodstuffs

Unlike most commercially available tests, it can detect levels below EPA standards

Chemical analysis of tipuana tree rings and bark shows falling levels of heavy metal pollution in the air of São Paulo City

A platinum-gold alloy developed by a team from Sandia National Laboratories is 100 times more durable than high-strength steel

Machine learning algorithms pinpoint new materials 200 times faster than previously possible

The GDS900 brings state-of-the-art technology designed specifically for routine bulk elemental determination in most conductive solid metal matrices

Some e-cigarette heating coils could be leaking dangerous levels of metals into the aersols inhaled by the user

Bacterium C. metallidurans has found a way to extract valuable trace elements from a compound of heavy metals without poisoning itself

New research shows how well scientists can predict the properties and functionality of materials, allowing us to explore their potential to be used in novel ways

Recent study demonstrates the benefits of the new highly diluted alloy of platinum in copper—a single atom alloy—in making useful chemicals from small hydrocarbons