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Heavy actinides—elements at the bottom of the periodic table, after plutonium—are radioactive, rare and chemically complex, ...

Finland successfully completed the first test of its encapsulation plant, which, if finished, will become the world’s first ...

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Particle-accelerator study focuses on the r-process thought to be responsible for forming elements heavier than iron ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

4. They are thus made to come in below lanthanum and cerium and before tantalum. RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS. The discovery of the radio-active elements has naturally led to the question as to what ...