Researchers have reported new experimental results addressing the origin of rare proton-rich isotopes heavier than iron, ...

Chile’s first national strategy outlines how it plans to secure supply chains and expand its role in mining for emerging ...

From its previous understanding as an obscure element, selenium has become an intriguing component of health, disease, as well as many industrial processes. Selenium can be found in 75 minerals, some ...

Low quality evidence linking selenium to decreased risk of cancers such as prostate and lung has not been borne out in large reviews of randomised controlled trials. A Facebook video shared thousands ...

The UAB is coordinating BrewSelBar, a European project to develop a selenium-enriched biostimulant using brewer's spent grain (BSG). The goal is to ...

Selenium – a mineral found in many foods – could reverse the cognitive impact of stroke and boost learning and memory in aging brains, according to University of Queensland research. Queensland Brain ...

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have set a world record for selenium solar cells, achieving 10.3% efficiency for the first time above the 10% threshold. The breakthrough was enabled by ...

A new study conducted by an international team of scientists from leading institutions in the U.K. and the United States provides an explanation as to how the addition of selenide can greatly improve ...

The trace element selenium is an essential micronutrient that is required for the biosynthesis of selenocysteine-containing selenoproteins. Most of the known selenoproteins are expressed in the ...