There is a discovery on the ocean floor
Researchers have claimed to have observed “dark oxygen” being created in the Pacific Ocean floor, potentially challenging commonly held beliefs about how Oxygen is produced on Earth. Researchers said polymetallic nodules may use their electricity to split seawater into Hydrogen and Oxygen in a process that is called seawater electrolysis. They are believed to be present in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.
The element from the periodic table was coaxed into an elusive compound
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have produced the first complete collection of Lanthanide complexes in solution. They found that oxygen forms the bonds byproviding pairs of electrons that fill empty energy levels around promethium. The electrons gradually fill up a particular set of electron orbitals known as 4f that are rather diffuse and therefore do not shield other negatively charged electrons in an atom.