mineral

Tired of mobile phones that always need recharging at the worst moments, researchers in Germany are developing a revolutionary new battery that will never need recharging. Mobile phones, notebook computers and iPods are all dependent on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to deliver power. But...

Russian scientists in the Khibinsky Mountains in the Arctic Circle have made an important scientific discovery. They've found a new mineral which absorbs radiation.It does not yet have an official name and is known only as number 27-4. It can absorb radioactivity from liquid nuclear waste...

A mineral matching the composition of Superman’s feared Kryptonite has been discovered in a mine in Serbia. A research team in the mine at Jadar discovered the unusual mineral, and when they could not identify it they called in Dr Chris Stanley, a mineralogist at London's Natural History...