Researchers may have found a way to create a new superheavy element, known as "element 120," which would be so hefty that it ...

Plutonium, a radioactive element, is produced when uranium, another radioactive element, absorbs neutrons, and most of it is artificially produced, except for a small amount found in uranium ore.

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 million years ago. Kilonovas occur when binary neutron stars spiral closer and ...

At the bottom of the ocean, evidence of what researchers are calling a “supernova graveyard” has been discovered. But what ...

Heavy ligands such as polyoxometalates are opening a new frontier in actinide chemistry. Studying materials that are both ...

A man's bizarre passion led him to imprisonment of up to 10 years. His lawyer tried every possible defense, arguing that his passion was merely a "hobby" and that he was a "science nerd," but ...

In 1941, after Glenn Seaborg and his colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley produced element 94, plutonium, Seaborg was promptly recruited to the Manhattan Project—Flerov was right.

That happens when the element emits radiation (such as alpha particles ... Next, the nuclear reaction products were chemically separated by means of the plutonium-uranium extraction (PUREX) process.

It’s likely that among the readers of this article there will be many who collect something. Whether it’s rare early LEDs or first-year-of-manufacture microprocessors, you’ll ...

After ordering various radioactive samples over the internet in an effort to collect the entire periodic table, Emmanuel ...

In August 2023, whilst attempting to gather all the elements like a nerdy version of Pokémon, he attempted to import samples of plutonium from the US to his parent's apartment in suburban Sydney.