Bismuth is an unusual element that we don't encounter much in everyday life. But this pretty, iridescent metal, found near the bottom of the periodic table, exhibits some extraordinary properties.

This is bismuth — a natural chemical element that chemically resembles arsenic and antimony. But there’s a catch with this crystal. While bismuth occurs naturally in the Earth’s crust ...

Bismuth, the 83rd element in the periodic table, has been known since ancient times, but was often confused with lead and tin. In 1753, Claude François Geoffroy from France demonstrated that ...

A five-membered aromatic bismuth ring, prepared by researchers in Germany, addresses a long-standing challenge in synthetic ...

Such molecules have potentially interesting and attractive properties for catalyzing chemical reactions or for use in materials for electronic components. The analog with atoms of bismuth (a heavy ...

The Cold War arms race, Ancient Egyptian make-up and medieval laxatives. What do all these things have in common? They all have a link to the periodic table, which turned 150 in 2019! Here are ...

The electrochemical reduction of CO2 has been recognized as a promising strategy to convert ambient atmospheric CO2 into valuable products. Bismuth-based catalysts have garnered the widespread ...

Eric Scerri recounts the story of element 87, which after a number of false starts was finally tracked down in France — and named in its honour. One of the most remarkable things about element ...

The research is published in Science. By using a bismuth oxide catalyst—a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction—the researchers can selectively burn one molecule in a mixture of ...

Researchers have synthesized a Bi5-ring, a molecule with five bismuth atoms, and stabilized it in a metal complex. Their discovery fills a gap in chemical knowledge and enables future applications ...