Ever since receiving the special waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in 2008, India has been expanding its nuclear ...

Valued at 400 times the price of gold, californium is a rare metal with vital applications in science, medicine and cancer ...

Californium is a rare and man-made metal that does not exist naturally on Earth. Creating it takes a lot of time and money, making it one of the most expensive materials in the world. Californium is ...

Playing with fire ...

Californium does not occur naturally on Earth. Its production process is both lengthy and expensive, making it a synthetic ...

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory say they have developed the technology that could finally produce the ...

Researchers may be nearing the creation of element 120. Element 120 would add a new row to the periodic table. New ...

Researchers have long been hunting for a way to make the elusive elements more stable so they can be better studied.

Nuclear fission has powered our world and medical advancements for decades. What exactly happens when an atom's nucleus splits into two parts?

Scientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The ...

The title of her talk at noon to Friends of ORNL at the UT Resource Center, 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike, is “Actinide Separations ...

The title of her talk at noon to Friends of ORNL at the UT Resource Center, 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike, is “Actinide Separations Tailored for Californium-252, Plutonium-238 and Promethium-147 Production ...