Chemicals that contain fluorine have perpetually been in the news for two primary reasons. One is the controversy surrounding the fluoridation of drinking water. The other is the latest chemical scare ...

A new discovery is shedding light on how fluorine -- an element found in our bones and teeth as fluoride -- is forged in the Universe. Astronomers have detected this element in a galaxy that is so far ...

ORNL’s tandem technologies detect fluorine and isotopes of uranium at the same time to discern the fingerprint of a nuclear material made for fuel or weaponry. Combining two techniques, analytical ...

The fluorine that is found in products such as toothpaste was likely formed billions of years ago in now-dead stars of the same type as our sun, according to new research by astronomers. The fluorine ...

Oxford Chemistry researchers have developed a method to destroy fluorine-containing PFAS (sometimes labeled 'forever chemicals') while recovering their fluorine content for future use. The results ...

Join the Royal Society of Chemistry Teesside Local Section at the Department of Chemistry, Durham University (Room CG91) for a fascinating evening on February 12th, 2026 at 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM exploring ...

Fluorine chemists are fond of pointing out that even though "their" element has one of the smallest atomic radii on the periodic table, it still has the greatest ability to attract electrons. These ...

SINCE the publication by M. Moissan of his celebrated paper in the Annales de Chimie et de Physique for December 1887, describing the manner in which he had succeeded in isolating this remarkable ...

A new discovery is shedding light on how fluorine — an element found in our bones and teeth as fluoride — is forged in the Universe. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in ...