As we map out our route to a safe and sustainable world, it is important to remember where our products come from. Mining ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have made a groundbreaking ...

State Rep. Rob North in his March 7 “Legislative review” incorrectly equates phosphorous with dirt. Phosphorous is one of the essential building blocks of all matter. It is one of the 118 elements of ...

A breakthrough in heavy-element chemistry shatters long-held assumptions about transuranium elements. Researchers have ...

Researchers have synthesised a triple bond between carbon and boron for the first time. This discovery could help chemists better understand chemical bonds and inspire other researchers to synthesise ...

Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have synthesized ...

The transplutonium actinides are highly radioactive and rare, making them difficult to study. To examine their chemical ...

The pioneering nuclear chemist Glenn Seaborg discovered berkelium at Berkeley Lab in 1949. It was one of many achievements ...

An international team of researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a new method for analyzing ...