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Like argon, today’s noble gas coincidentally features prominently in science fiction — albeit in name only. But krypton also takes a place in the science factual story of international weights and measures.
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Silicon gets all the press, but germanium was the real trailblazer of the Information Age.
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Meet one of the periodic table’s lesser-known liquid metals — and beware some dangerous competition from a few felonious element collectors.
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From jet fighters to sporting events to Low Earth Orbit, scandium seems to find itself at the center of conflict.