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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...