Noble gas chemistry has evolved remarkably since the seminal discovery of xenon compounds in the early 1960s. Once deemed completely inert, noble gases are now known to participate in subtle yet ...

The noble gases (historically also the inert gases; sometimes referred to as aerogens) make up a class of chemical elements with similar properties; under standard conditions, they are all odorless, ...

Krypton, the noble gas better known for its fictional association with Superman, has become one of the most telling chemical tracers in planetary science. By measuring krypton isotopes locked inside ...

Among the many novelty periodic tables on the internet, one can find a jokey version that describes itself as “The Periodic Table: as seen by an organic chemist.” Carbon, beloved by organikers, looms ...

Science is frequently a collaborative discipline. But sometimes, one person, working alone, makes a stunning discovery that changes a scientific field forever. Neil Bartlett, while working alone in ...

For the first time, scientists have successfully trapped atoms of krypton (Kr), a noble gas, inside a carbon nanotube to form a one-dimensional gas. A new study of an old meteorite contradicts current ...