Calling herself “one of us old ladies,” Mildred Seelig said she has a bone to pick with osteoporosis researchers who endorse increased calcium in the diet to fight the degenerative skeletal condition.

This post is the third in a three-part series on how living creatures use the elements of the periodic table. Read earlier posts here and here, and learn more about the elements on NOVA's two-hour ...

Calcium (Ca) is one of the most abundant elements on the earth and it is easily accessible and is very cheap. In comparison with transition-metal elements, Ca is biocompatible and environment-friendly ...

A team has succeeded in computing how atomic nuclei of the Calcium element behave in collisions with electrons. Results agree very well with available experimental data. For the first time, a ...

Nuclear calcium is an important mediator of activity-dependent gene expression in the nervous system. It serves as a signalling end point in synapse-to-nucleus communication and activates gene ...

Calcium carbonate is a common supplement for people with low calcium levels. It’s also useful as an antacid to manage uncomfortable digestive symptoms. Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is a compound used as ...

Calcium phosphate is most often used to treat calcium deficiencies in your diet. However, there are several things you need to know before adding this supplement to your daily regimen. Calcium is an ...

There are basically two ways to look at the economy – macro-economically and micro-economically. The BBC has taken that one step further – they’re looking at the economy micro-scopically, if you will.

Calcium is an essential mineral — your body doesn’t produce it, so you have to get through your diet. It’s involved in proper growth, development, nervous system and circulatory function, and bone ...

TUCSON – Behind the big boom, there’s an exact science for those fireworks displays. Different elements are in play to light up the night skies. Here’s a quick chemistry lesson. Compounds of strontium ...

We’ve reached the limit of a very successful way to make new elements in the lab. In new research, scientists unveil a new take on that technology and report its success. The heaviest elements could ...