Twenty-seven chemical elements are considered to be essential for human life. Now there is a 28th: bromine. In a new paper, researchers establish for the first time that bromine, among the 92 ...

Twenty-seven chemical elements are considered to be essential for human life. Now there is a 28th – bromine. "Without bromine, there are no animals. That's the discovery," said Billy Hudson, Ph.D., ...

A recent research paper in *Physical Review Letters* announced the creation of element 117 (based on the number of protons in its atomic nucleus), making it almost certain that a new member will be ...

Bromine is a secret ingredient in the recipe for animal life. The element is necessary for helping cells in multicellular animals stick together, researchers report in the June 5 Cell. Previously, ...

The first direct measurements of atomic bromine in the atmosphere confirm that the trace chemical plays an important role in reactions that result in depletion of low-lying ozone and deposition of ...