An Australian man described as a "science nerd" may face jail time, after attempting to collect all the elements in the ...

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.

A man's bizarre passion led him to imprisonment of up to 10 years. His lawyer tried every possible defense, arguing that his ...

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 ...

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

John Sutton described his client as an “innocent collector” and “science nerd”, claiming Lidden “did not import or possess ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Deep-sea samples reveal traces of past cosmic explosions, prompting researchers to seek further proof in lunar soil.