Only a Few Grams of This Element Exist—and Scientists Have Used It to Break the Rules of the Periodic Table
More than 75 years after its initial discovery, scientists have created an organometallic molecule containing the transuranium element berkelium. According to a new study, the electronic signature of ...
Beyond the Periodic Table’s Edge: Scientists Unravel New Chemistry for Heavy Elements
Heavy ligands such as polyoxometalates are opening a new frontier in actinide chemistry. Studying materials that are both ...
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A new iron compound hints ‘primordial’ helium hides in Earth’s core
Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.
A Sydney Man Who Wanted To ‘Collect’ The Periodic Table Is Facing Jail For Ordering Toxic Material
John Sutton described his client as an “innocent collector” and “science nerd”, claiming Lidden “did not import or possess ...
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Australian "Science Nerd" Trying To Collect Every Element May Be Jailed After Reaching Plutonium
Unlike other elements reportedly gathered by Lidden, the plutonium sparked a major hazmat alert, requiring a response from ...
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Only a Few Grams of This Element Exist—and Scientists Have Used It to Break the Rules of the Periodic Table
During the process, they discovered something unexpected about this particular f-block element on the periodic table that could help us understand transuranium elements more broadly as well as ...
Gargantuan Globes
Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...
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Examining the periodic table of elements and how they build life – and our bodies
Scientists have found that our bodies need 28 different elements to function properly. These are almost one-quarter of the periodic table and are mainly found in the first four periods.