Last year, physicists cast doubt on our current understanding of the interplay between electrons and atomic nuclei, and are now upping the ante by proposing a solution to this so-called “hyperfine ...

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I am not only a fan of DIY science experiments, but more important, I am a big fan of shiny things. You know how hunters lure raccoons to their deaths? Basically what happens is they put a shiny ...

Deceptive appearance: While bismuth appears to be topological at the surface, this masks the fact that the bulk material is not topological. (Courtesy: Yuki Fuseya) Bismuth has puzzled scientists for ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Bismuth is an unusual element that we don't encounter much in everyday life. But this pretty, ...

George L. Hess Educational Complex fifth-grader Eric Weeks really likes the look of the element bismuth - in its crystalline form, it has a cool rainbow coloring, he said. So when it came time to ...