Iodine is an essential element - without which we would suffer severe developmental problems - and yet most of us have no idea how much we need, or where it comes from. In Their Element ...

Iodine is an essential element for humans: it helps the thyroid produce hormones that regulate the metabolism, crucial for nutrition and cognitive development. It's especially key for babies.

But are people getting enough of it? Iodine is a trace element that can be found in a number of different places and chemical forms, though it most commonly pops up as an iodine salt rather than ...

Scientists present a promising material for addressing iodine pollution and recovering iodine resources from seawater.

Iodine is a bioactive element with various species in seawater that are sensitive to redox reaction. Organic and inorganic Iodine compounds in forms of gas or particle can cross the air-sea interface, ...