Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have synthesized and ...

The breakthrough disrupts long-held theories about the chemistry of the elements that follow uranium in the periodic table.

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

Uranium (chemical symbol U) is a naturally occurring radioactive element. In its pure form it is a silver-coloured heavy metal, similar to lead, cadmium and tungsten. Like tungsten it is very dense, ...

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

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

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

Since it was first synthesized in a post-WW2 American lab in 1949, berkelium has been a rebel of the periodic table, defying quantum mechanics and taking on an extra positive charge that its relatives ...

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A heavy metal molecule with Berkeley roots Berkelium is one of 15 actinides in the periodic table's f-block. One row above the actinides are the lanthanides.