It's unlikely that when you first wake up the word "vanadium" comes to mind. In fact, you probably haven't even heard of it. But it is real – a metal – and named after a Northern-Germanic tribe ...

Yesterday's post looked at selenium, an element that causes serious health problems if you ingest too little and if you ingest too much. The point was that the body needs its elements in specific ...

A chemical element so visually striking it was named for a goddess shows a "Goldilocks" level of reactivity—neither too much nor too little—that makes it a strong candidate as a carbon scrubbing tool.