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The newest superheavy in town

By Stephen Ornes / April 21, 2010

Superheavy element forged in lab is a first.

Posted in Physics | Tagged atomic structure/nuclear chemistry, atoms and molecules, elements, nuclear chemistry, Periodic table

Message in a dinosaur’s teeth

By Stephen Ornes / March 2, 2010

Preserved in the fossilized teeth of spinosaurs is chemistry hinting that the creatures (shown in an artist’s reconstruction) spent much of their time in the water, as crocodiles and hippos do today. Credit: M. Simonetti/courtesy of CNRS

Giant dino that was T. rex rival may have spent most of its time in the water

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged atomic structure/nuclear chemistry, nucleus and isotopes

The hottest soup in New York

By Stephen Ornes / March 2, 2010

A quark-gluon plasma reaches the highest temperature ever measured in a lab.

Posted in Physics | Tagged atom, Atomic structure, atomic structure/nuclear chemistry, atoms and molecules, electron, gluon, modern physics, neutron, nuclear chemistry, nucleus, phases of matter, physics, proton, quark