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First stable solid pentavalent plutonium compound stumbled upon by chance

2019-10-30T14:30:00Z

Never-before-seen form of plutonium could shake up models of how radioactive contaminants disperse in the environment
Opinion
The third degree on actinide covalency

2019-07-05T09:30:00Z

The often ignored elements are attracting chemists’ attention again
Research
Ionisation energy of promethium fills one of the last holes in periodic table

2019-07-02T09:30:00Z

Experiment puts an end to 75-year-old mystery
Research
First isolable thorium nitride complex made

2019-06-18T09:29:00Z

Researchers use new complex to probe covalency of actinide–ligand double bonds
Feature
Victor Ninov and the element that never was

2019-06-10T09:35:00Z

20 years on, Kit Chapman investigates how a scientific scandal unfolded
Research
Curious colours expose f-electron covalency effects

2019-05-31T10:27:00Z

New knowledge overwrites electronic structure assumptions surrounding actinide complexes
Research
Mystery around actinides deepens as researchers challenge study on heavy elements’ origin

2019-05-15T09:30:00Z

Was a giant supernova rather than a neutron star collision responsible for creating the solar system’s actinides?
Research
Violent stellar collision near early solar system created actinides

2019-05-02T09:30:00Z

A single neutron star merger produced almost all curium and plutonium that ever existed in the solar system
Research
Hydrides come within a whisker of room temperature superconductivity

2019-01-24T14:30:00Z

High pressure lanthanum superhydride sets a new critical temperature record, validating theoretical predictions
Research
Terbium complex completes heavy lanthanide metallocenium family

2018-08-30T15:25:00Z

Introducing terbocenium, a new heavy lanthanide sandwich complex that will add to molecular scale data storage studies
Research
Actinide gap plugged by giant neptunium clusters

2018-08-23T09:36:00Z

Complexes could help inform researchers working on nuclear fuel reprocessing and radioactive waste management
Research
New route to +3 oxidation state of neptunium

2018-06-04T11:43:00Z

Tetrahydrofuran steers chemists towards a low-valent neptunium precursor
Research
New rationale for 15-element wide f block

2018-05-21T11:53:00Z

Scientists seek to settle periodic table layout debate
Research
First actinide–metal complexes with dative bonds

2018-04-26T11:00:00Z

5f and 6d orbitals in low-valent actinides exhibit unprecedented charge transfer in actinide–metal complexes
Research
73 new exotic nuclei discovered at Japanese institute

2018-04-20T10:08:00Z

Hunt for remaining 4000 predicted nuclides goes on but new technology is needed to find them all
Research
Uranium at heart of rare hydrogen cyanide complex

2018-02-07T13:57:00Z

Turquoise powder is only second example of a hydrogen cyanide complex of a uranium compound
Research
Heavy elements forged by cataclysmic cosmic collision

2017-10-20T10:16:00Z

First sighting of two neutron stars merging reveals how heavy elements are synthesised
Research
Bright future for trace water analysis

2017-10-09T09:28:00Z

MOF-based material has detection limit as low as traditional Karl Fischer titration
Research
Seaborg's americium dispute put to bed 60 years later

2017-06-28T14:58:00Z

Hotly debated historical brouhaha that centred on the element’s covalency may have been solved
Research
First +5 praseodymium compound with PrN triple bond made

2017-05-11T06:02:00Z

The second ever praseodymium compound with a +5 oxidation state paves the way for pentavalent lanthanide chemistry