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.

At the bottom of the ocean, evidence of what researchers are calling a “supernova graveyard” has been discovered. But what ...

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 ...

A border force investigation into the import of uranium and plutonium by a "science nerd" to his parents' apartment was a ...

Heavy ligands such as polyoxometalates are opening a new frontier in actinide chemistry. Studying materials that are both radioactive and rare presents significant challenges. The elements that follow ...

A man's bizarre passion led him to imprisonment of up to 10 years. His lawyer tried every possible defense, arguing that his passion was merely a "hobby" and that he was a "science nerd," but ...

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely ...

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.

On this day in 1940, the element plutonium was first isolated by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Here’s a quiz on it.

The neptunium produced decayed by beta emission to form plutonium-238. In a matter of months, the chemical element with atomic number 94 was conclusively identified and its basic chemistry was ...

In August 2023, whilst attempting to gather all the elements like a nerdy version of Pokémon, he attempted to import samples of plutonium from the US to his parent's apartment in suburban Sydney.

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 ...