Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden, in collaboration with scientists from Finland, Vietnam, India, and Italy, have ...

For the first time, scientists have characterized a promethium coordination complex, advancing the understanding of ...

Chemical insight into biological function is the holy grail of structural biology. Small molecules are central players as building blocks, effectors and probes of macromolecular structure and ...

Since it was first synthesized in a post-WW2 American lab in 1949, berkelium has been a rebel of the periodic table, defying quantum mechanics and taking on an extra positive charge that its relatives ...

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

After a year of fastidious planning, a microscopic sample of the ultra-rare radioactive element berkelium arrived at a ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Cincinnati achieved a ...

For many years, the Heavy Element Chemistry group in Berkeley Lab's Chemical ... The researchers named the molecule "berkelocene," because its structure is analogous to a uranium organometallic ...