BORON is remarkable in that its compounds are common and inexpensive although the element occurs quite low on the cosmic abundance scale, alongside lithium and beryllium. The cosmic scarcity of these ...

Bits of the stars are all around us, and in us, too. About half of the abundance of elements heavier than iron originates in some of the most violent explosions in the cosmos. As the universe churns ...

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CAMBRIDGE.—The sixth course of Scott Lectures will be given by Prof. G. Hevesy in the Cavendish Laboratory at 4.30 p.m. on May 13, 15 and 17. The subject of the course will be “The Terrestrial and ...