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This is the second part of a three-part series written by Carolyn Krause. Many of the elements were synthesized using an Oak ...

Element 117 was named tennessine because of the participation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University and the ...

Hollywood and Governor Schwarzenegger? The University of California at Berkeley has ensured that California also has its place in the periodic table with element 98, the tenth of the actinides, ...

Straight-up literary games have included "Californium", where the player is plunged into the psychedelic inner world of the famously troubled sci-fi author Philip K. Dick as he struggles with a ...

The neutron spectrum of spontaneous fission of californium-252; 1–5. Decay data for radionuclides used as calibration standards. Part 2. Neutron activation: 2–1. Thermal neutron cross-sections and ...

The third line was Cf for element 98, or californium, or the state in which the university stands. Finally, if writing from abroad, the correspondent could add Am for element 95, or americium, or the ...

“To make californium-252 from a curium target, eight neutrons must be added quickly, which is only possible in a high-flux reactor. The reason is that every time you add a neutron, you’re ...