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The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

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Lutz Greb, professor at Heidelberg University’s Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, is to be presented with this year’s ...

A team of scientists across several U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories has unraveled how light and a ...

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