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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New Heavy Metal Molecule Could Reveal What Goes on Inside Nuclear Waste
Since it was first synthesized in a post-WW2 American lab in 1949, berkelium has been a rebel of the periodic table, defying ...
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Scientists discover new heavy-metal molecule 'berkelocene'
"Traditional understanding of the periodic table suggests that berkelium would ... "This clearer portrait of later actinides like berkelium provides a new lens into the behavior of these fascinating ...
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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, 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 ...
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Scientists Uncover Heavy-Metal Molecule Berkelocene
Key TakeawaysScientists have discovered "berkelocene," the first organometallic molecule to be characterized containing the ...
Chemistry World8d
Carbon–boron triple bond formed for the first time in a neutral novel molecule
Researchers have synthesised a triple bond between carbon and boron for the first time. This discovery could help chemists ...