Today's most powerful computers hit a wall when tackling certain problems, from designing new drugs to cracking encryption codes. Error-free quantum computers promise to overcome those challenges, but ...

In the second-brightest supernova ever seen, two neutron stars have collided and created a variety of rare heavy elements, many of which are needed for life on Earth. The extraordinarily bright ...

Ramping up renewable energy products will require a range of critical metals. One of these elements, tellurium, is gaining in popularity for use in photovoltaics, or solar panels. As global demand for ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue researchers have discovered a new two-dimensional material, derived from the rare element tellurium, to make transistors that carry a current better throughout a computer ...

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(Nanowerk News) A groundbreaking discovery by an international team of scientists has revealed room-temperature ferroelectric and resistive switching behaviors in single-element tellurium (Te) ...

“The graphene boom has triggered a widespread search for novel elemental van der Waals materials thanks to their simplicity for theoretical modeling and easy access for material growth. Group VI ...

The likelihood of developing high blood pressure (hypertension) increases with higher levels of tellurium, a contaminant transferred from mining and manufacturing activities to foods. Improved ...

I HAVE now succeeded in obtaining and analysing the mass-rays of cadmium, tellurium, and bismuth. By the use of an anode containing cadmium fluoride, rays were obtained which, though feeble, gave ...