(Nanowerk News) Ever since the earliest theoretical predictions 20 years ago, the chemical elements potassium and sodium were expected to be detectable in atmospheres of “hot Jupiters”, gaseous ...
Nitrogen dioxide is one of the most harmful air pollutants in urban and industrial regions, contributing to respiratory ...
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Astrophysicists found an abundance of odd elements essential for life in the leftovers of an exploded star
Within the rubble of an exploded star, astrophysicists have found unexpectedly high amounts of two ingredients essential for ...
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Potassium isotope clues reveal surviving fragments of proto‑Earth
Could the oldest rocks under our feet be the remains of a planet that is now extinct? This is the kind of question that ...
In 1807AD, potassium was first prepared by English chemist Sir Humphrey Davy. Davy melted a small amount of potash, and an passed electric current through it. He discovered that a small liquid droplet ...
The body is, for all intents and purposes, an extraordinarily complex machine. This requires a multitude of parts all working together in complicated relationships from the micro- to macromolecular ...
A team of astronomers led by AIP PhD student Engin Keles detected the chemical element potassium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, for the first time with overwhelming significance and applying ...
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