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

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

A breakthrough in heavy-element chemistry shatters long-held assumptions about transuranium elements. Researchers have ...

The B Reactor Museum Association is hosting a free event to honor the contributions of women at the Hanford Site during the Cold War.

One row above the actinides are the lanthanides. The pioneering nuclear chemist Glenn Seaborg ... But berkelium is not easy to study because it is highly radioactive. And only very minute amounts of ...

One row above the actinides are the lanthanides ... And only very minute amounts of this synthetic heavy element are produced globally every year. Adding to the difficulty, organometallic ...

Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, United States ...

Researchers have unveiled berkelocene , a compound containing the synthetic element berkelium nestled neatly between two ring-shaped ... “It’s an amazing bit of experimental work,” says Conrad Goodwin ...

An international team of researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a new method for analyzing actinides. The method provides unique insights into the electronic ...

A new report says 10 popular brands of synthetic braiding hair products have cancer-causing agents in them. The findings are particularly alarming within the African-American community ...

Synthetic drugs are rapidly transforming the global drug trade, fuelling an escalating public health crisis, according to the UN administered International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). In its 2024 ...

While these interactions are known to play critical roles in biological processes such as enzyme catalysis and ion transport, research exploring their application in synthetic polymers remains scarce.