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Science History Institute Mounts New Outdoor Exhibition
Press Release
Philly Materials Day Online: Experiments for Home
Media Coverage
C&EN: Rare Earths’ Magic Comes at a Cost
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Take a Watery Journey through History and Science with Institute’s New ‘Downstream’ Exhibition Opening September 14
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Chemistry World: Ida Noddack and the Trouble with Element 43
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Crowdfunding Radium
Distillations Podcast
The High-Flying, Death-Defying Discovery of Helium
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Tales of Love and Madness from the Periodic Table
Distillations Podcast
Ode to the Periodic Table
Distillations Article
How the Elements Got Their Names
Distillations Article
A Seat at the Table
Distillations Article
Element Hunting in a Nuclear Storm
Distillations Article
Choosing a Better High-Tech Future
Distillations Article
The Transfermium Wars: Scientific Brawling and Name-Calling during the Cold War
Distillations Article
Hennig Brandt and the Discovery of Phosphorus
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