Bismuth is an unusual element that we don't encounter much in everyday life. But this pretty, iridescent metal, found near ...

Bismuth, the 83rd element in the periodic table, has been known since ancient times, but was often confused with lead and tin. In 1753, Claude François Geoffroy from France demonstrated that ...

In an article published in the journal Nature on Thursday, the researchers said that compared to their bulkier counterparts, ...

A five-membered aromatic bismuth ring, prepared by researchers in Germany, addresses a long-standing challenge in synthetic ...

Such molecules have potentially interesting and attractive properties for catalyzing chemical reactions or for use in materials for electronic components. The analog with atoms of bismuth (a heavy ...

The Cold War arms race, Ancient Egyptian make-up and medieval laxatives. What do all these things have in common? They all have a link to the periodic table, which turned 150 in 2019! Here are ...

Peking University has published its findings on a wafer-scale 2D GAAFET in Nature, pointing a new path into the Angstrom era ...

The electrochemical reduction of CO2 has been recognized as a promising strategy to convert ambient atmospheric CO2 into valuable products ...

Researchers have synthesized a Bi5-ring, a molecule with five bismuth atoms, and stabilized it in a metal complex. Their discovery fills a gap in chemical knowledge and enables future applications ...