A new benchmark for quantum electrodynamics in atoms: Precision measurement of boron-like tin ion's g factor
Highly charged heavy ions form a very suitable experimental field for investigating quantum electrodynamics (QED), the ...
Berkeley Lab creates new molecule that could point the way to safe disposal of nuclear waste
After a year of fastidious planning, a microscopic sample of the ultra-rare radioactive element berkelium arrived at a ...
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Berkeley Lab discovers first organometallic molecule with Berkelium
Researchers named the compound “berkelocene” because it is comparable to the compound “uranocene,” a uranium-containing ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Silicon Carbon Batteries on Smartphones: Explained
Lithium-ion batteries are reaching a saturation point; so it's time for a new technology - Silicon carbon. Here's everything ...
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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Trillions of tons of hydrogen may be waiting under our feet
Hydrogen from geological formations makes up about 10% of the flammable gases that form the Yanartaş flames near Cirali, ...
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Scientists discover new heavy-metal molecule ‘berkelocene’
Scientists have discovered “berkelocene,” the first organometallic molecule to be characterized containing the heavy element berkelium. The breakthrough disrupts long-held theories about the chemistry ...
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Synthetic Genetic Elements Enable Rapid Characterization of Inorganic Carbon Uptake Systems in Cupriavidus necator H16
Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, ...
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Where Does the Periodic Table End? Scientists “Milk” Atoms To Unveil Heavy Element Mysteries
Where does the periodic table of elements end, and what processes give rise to heavy elements? An international research team has conducted experiments at the GSI/FAIR accelerator facility and ...