Jiangxi Kingan High-tech Co.,LTD. (Kingan) was founded in 1988, a state-controlled mixed-ownership high-tech enterprise ...

When radiochemist Jennifer Shusterman and her colleagues got the first results of their experiment, no one expected what they saw: Atoms of a weird version of the element zirconium had ...

Novel solutions provided by nanoparticles have become an important part of biotechnology, ceramics, semiconductors, electronics and medicine. Nanoparticles can exhibit unique behaviors due to ...

Zircon — zirconium silicate (ZrSiO 4) to chemists — is a semi-precious gemstone (pictured) that has been known since ancient times. When cut and polished, a zircon crystal shines with an unusual ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have discovered an unusual new type of phase transformation in the transition metal zirconium. The mechanism underlying this new type of phase ...

LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - Following are some facts about zirconium used to clad fuel rods containing uranium for the production of nuclear energy. FROM ZIRCON SAND TO NUCLEAR ENERGY Sign up here. * ...

Nanotechnology has advanced leaps and bounds in the recent past. Applications of nanoparticles have entered into a variety of fields such as electronics, cosmetics, medicine and bio technology. This ...

Keepers of precise periodic tables, it’s time to make some changes. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (IUPAC CIAAW) has issued ...