The term 'rare earth' dates to an 18th‑century Swedish mine and survives mainly out of habit. In truth, these 17 metals are ...

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Friday 9 May Long Way Home Apple TV+ In 2020, Hollywood actor Ewan McGregor and his best friend Charley Boorman revived their Long Way Round motorcycle travelogue show for Apple TV+. In this 10 ...

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), led by Professor Zhang Guoqing, have developed a rapid fluorochromic sensing method for detecting tertiary amines and ...