For some years, astronomers have been trying to track down all the lithium predicted by standard cosmological models. Spectroscopic dissection of globular clusters reveals that the answer might lie in the stars.
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Charbonnel, C. Where all the lithium went. Nature 442, 636–637 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/442636a
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