Main group elements in low oxidation states have the potential to carry out chemistry that’s usually reserved for transition metals. For example, at low oxidation states, these atoms might be able to ...

A metallic bond between two beryllium atoms has been forged for the first time in the lab. The development could pave the way for the creation of new materials. “Going back 100 years, chemists have ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- What are heavy metals? The answer depends upon who you ask. A metallurgist would define heavy metals based upon the density of the material. A physicist would classify them by ...

For the first time, researchers have created a solid compound containing a beryllium-beryllium bond (Science 2023, DOI: 10.1126/science.adh4419). The compound is diberyllocene, in which each beryllium ...

There is very active interest at present in the properties of beryllium as a wall material exposed to plasma in a fusion reactor environment. The planned plasma-facing materials for nuclear operation ...

Imagine an airplane that weighs half as much as current jets, rocket fuel with the highest specific impulse, and springs that can sustain up to twenty billion load cycles, making them fatigue-free and ...