Argon is an inert, colorless and odorless element — one of the Noble gases. Used in fluorescent lights and in welding, this element gets its name from the Greek word for "lazy," an homage to how ...

Ramsey delivered a lecture on argon, the newly discovered element in the atmosphere. Prof. Ramsey spoke fluently in excellent French. The general properties of argon having been previously ...

Because many gases, including argon and oxygen, share similar physical properties, separating them is difficult. Now, Ryotaro Matsuda and his team at Nagoya University have developed a unique ...

Lead by E. Bruce Watson, Institute Professor of Science at Rensselaer, the team has found strong evidence that argon atoms are tenaciously bound in the minerals of Earth’s mantle and move ...