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2008-07-02T00:00:00Z
The element that once illuminated the world's cities
2008-06-25T00:00:00Z
Named for a mysterious land in the north, Thulium celebrates Scandinavian culture
2008-06-18T00:00:00Z
The element that gave birth to the Bronze Age and changed the course of industry
2008-06-11T00:00:00Z
Simon Cotton explores the key to brightness
2008-06-04T00:00:00Z
How the Swedish name for 'heavy stone' informed an element's future
2008-05-14T00:00:00Z
Infamous for its role in nuclear energy, this element is also responsible for geothermal heat and beautiful green glass
2008-05-07T00:00:00Z
Any colour you like, as long as it's black. Or red, blue, green, yellow...
2008-04-30T00:00:00Z
Bright lights and a bright future for an element discovered at the end of the nineteenth century
2008-04-23T00:00:00Z
The lanthanide that can counter the counterfeiters
2008-04-16T00:00:00Z
In lasers, televisions and superconductors, yttrium is a wide ranging supporting character
2008-04-09T00:00:00Z
We're still very intimate with this element that was known to the ancients
2008-04-02T00:00:00Z
It holds the key to nuclear energy, and it's got a gem-like name
