Physicists have filled in some longtime blank spaces on the periodic table, calculating electron affinities of the lanthanides, a series of 15 elements known as rare earths. Physicists at Michigan ...

HOUGHTON, Mich.--Physicists at Michigan Technological University have filled in some longtime blank spaces on the periodic table, calculating electron affinities of the lanthanides, a series of 15 ...

Unusual filling of different sub-shells due to quantum confinement leads to a stable superatom that is also highly magnetic Industry uses magnetic materials in applications ranging from data storage ...