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Osmium, the rarest metal on Earth, is drawing increasing attention not only for its unique properties but also for its staggering value. Currently priced at $1,350 per gram, it is already 15 times ...

Osmium is a rare precious metal that could be used to treat cancer with fewer side effects when compared to Platinum, currently used in nearly half of chemotherapies. How exactly Osmium reacts in a ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The rare element osmium is on the rise globally. Why? Because of the increased ...

You've probably never even heard of osmium (no relation to Donny Osmond). That may be because 1) You are not a dork, and 2) It is the rarest metal in the world. It also has some interesting properties ...

Evidence of ancient human activity can be gleaned from the concentrations of the rare element osmium in soil core samples, a new report shows. The finding suggests that osmium could be used generally ...

Osmium is one of Earth's rarest elements, but that's not likely to be a factor here. What's important is that, for the first time, these osmium complexes allow the kind of in-depth molecular analysis ...

This week's element is lovely osmium, which has the symbol Os and the atomic number 76. Osmium is the rarest stable element in the Earth's crust. It is a lustrous, blue-gray or blue-black transition ...

The band at the 43rd annual International Precious Metals Institute Conference is billed, at least according to the huge glowing sign near the stage, as Abbacadabra, “the ultimate ABBA tribute.” But ...

Gregory Girolami recounts how element 76 beat a close competitor to the title of densest known metal and went on to participate in Nobel Prize-winning reactions. The road to the title of heavyweight ...