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.

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 ...

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 ...

[NightHawkInLight] has been playing around with the diamagnetic properties of bismuth. Diamagnetic materials get a lot of attention due to their strange ability to produce the opposite of the ...

Scientists claim to have revealed a pathway to a new kind of 'efficient, ultra-high-density optical memory storage.' The ...

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 ...

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Researchers at the Pabna University of Science and Technology, in Bangladesh, have developed a new architecture for thin-film solar cells based on copper bismuth oxide (CuBi 2 O 4). CuBi 2 O 4 is ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) bacterial infections have become a serious problem threatening human health worldwide. The ...

A research team at Estonia's Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) has developed a solar cell based on bismuth trisulfide ... friendly constituent elements alongside appropriate ...

Admittedly, we have a pretty low bar for that kind of stuff, but eye candy aside, [Robin Debreuil]’s quick outline of his technique for desoldering with the help of bismuth is worth watching.