Rarest does not always mean useful: Francium and friends Not every metal that is scarce in nature ends up driving a global industry. Francium is a perfect example, often cited as the rarest metal in ...
A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.
Rare earth metal methylidene complexes represent an exciting frontier in organometallic chemistry, characterised by the presence of a terminal CHâ‚‚ moiety bound directly to a rare earth element. These ...