Cerium chemically hacked by Russians now glows yellow may change display tech
RARE EARTH BREAKS BAD, STARTS GLOWING YELLOW Cerium, a rare earth metal with all the charisma of a UV flashlight (read: invisible), just got a makeover. Thanks to some clever chemistry from Russian scientists, it now glows yellow—bright, bold, and fully visible. How? They surrounded the cerium atom with fancy carbon-ring molecules—cyclopentadienyl anions, if you’re …