The distribution of outermost shell electrons, known as valence electrons, of organic molecules was experimentally observed for the first time by a team led by Nagoya University in Japan. As the ...

Valence Electron Examples: Valence electrons play an important role in the field of chemistry, affecting how atoms interact and bond with each other. These outermost electrons are responsible for ...

The Earth’s core is growing lopsided, scientists have discovered, but it is unclear why. The solid-iron core in the middle of the planet has been growing faster under Indonesia’s Banda Sea, ...

Research comparing silicon samples from Earth, meteorites and planetary materials, published in Nature (June 28, 2007) provides new evidence that the Earth's core formed under very different ...

A messy paradox that has plagued geoscientists who study Earth's core and the magnetic field it produces may now be solved. The puzzle is only a few years old. It was raised in a 2012 paper in which ...