Scientists have acquired direct evidence of rare, pulsing pear-shaped structures within atomic nuclei of the rare-earth element Gadolinium, thanks to new research.

Enter Eugène-Anatole Demarçay who, in 1896, after patient fractionation of samarium oxide, determined the presence of a new rare-earth element between samarium and gadolinium. He isolated it in ...

Rare earth elements have names like gadolinium and lutetium, and they’re in the part of the periodic table where things get weird. They have special electric and magnetic properties.