A 24-year-old Australian man could go to jail for ten years as he prepares to plead guilty for importing plutonium from a ...

John Sutton described his client as an “innocent collector” and “science nerd”, claiming Lidden “did not import or possess ...

An Australian man described as a "science nerd" may face jail time, after attempting to collect all the elements in the ...

Since it was first synthesized in a post-WW2 American lab in 1949, berkelium has been a rebel of the periodic table, defying ...

This is the second part of a three-part series written by Carolyn Krause. Many of the elements were synthesized using an Oak ...

The pioneering nuclear chemist Glenn Seaborg discovered berkelium at Berkeley Lab in 1949. It was one of many achievements ...

A "science nerd" who wanted to collect all the elements of the periodic table could face jail time after ordering radioactive ...

However, the residue from standard reprocessing leaves minor actinides — elements close to uranium in the periodic table which cannot be burned in current power reactors. Radioactive waste containing ...