Bizarre compounds of oxygen and carbon with explosive potential revealed
Skoltech researchers have theoretically investigated the wide range of molecules that oxygen and carbon atoms can form in ...
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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Largest Carbon Molecules Found on Mars Build The Case For Ancient Life
Chains of up to a dozen carbon atoms have been detected in what appears to have been an ancient lakebed on Mars, contributing ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Cleverly designed carbon nanohoop enables controlled release of iron
Researchers at the Universities of Amsterdam and Zurich have developed a molecular system for the controlled release of iron.
Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known ...
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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 ...