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 ...
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Berkelocene: Scientists create the world's first organometallic molecule
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have made a groundbreaking ...
A Radioactive Molecule That Shouldn’t Exist – But Scientists Made It Happen
A breakthrough in heavy-element chemistry shatters long-held assumptions about transuranium elements. Researchers have ...
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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.
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From the periodic table to the food we eat: Chemistry in the Kitchen draws students in
For professor of chemistry and physics Richard Zare, the goal for CHEM 29N: Chemistry in the Kitchen is not to make students ...
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US’ new radioactive molecule discovery challenges periodic table post uranium
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have synthesized ...
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UB and Berkeley Lab scientists discover new heavy-metal molecule ‘berkelocene’
The pioneering nuclear chemist Glenn Seaborg discovered berkelium at Berkeley Lab in 1949. It was one of many achievements ...
Where Does the Periodic Table End? Scientists “Milk” Atoms To Unveil Heavy Element Mysteries
Einsteinium-255, produced through irradiation in ILL’s high-flux reactor, provided a continuous supply of fermium-255, ...
Scientists detonate chemistry with world’s first boron-carbon triple bond in history
German chemists have created the first-ever boron-carbon triple bond which opens new possibilities for molecular innovation.
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Berkelocene puts exotic berkelium in a sandwich
It is a sandwich with the rarest of fillings. Researchers have unveiled berkelocene, a compound containing the synthetic element berkelium nestled neatly between two ring-shaped molecules (Science ...
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Dark matter
Invisible dark matter makes up most of the universe – but we can only detect it from its gravitational effects Galaxies in our universe seem to be achieving an impossible feat. They are rotating with ...