Only a Few Grams of This Element Exist—and Scientists Have Used It to Break the Rules of the Periodic Table
More than 75 years after its initial discovery, scientists have created an organometallic molecule containing the ...
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Scientists detonate chemistry with world’s first boron-carbon triple bond in history
In combination with the triple bond, this is about as uncomfortable as it gets for boron, requiring very special conditions,” ...
Stronger Than Steel, Tougher Than Kevlar – Spider Silk’s Secret Finally Revealed
Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the ...
Chemistry: Triple bond formed between boron and carbon for the first time
Researchers from the University of Würzburg are opening up new horizons in chemistry: They present the world's first triple ...
A Radioactive Molecule That Shouldn’t Exist – But Scientists Made It Happen
A breakthrough in heavy-element chemistry shatters long-held assumptions about transuranium elements. Researchers have ...
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Carbon–boron triple bond formed for the first time in a neutral novel molecule
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 ...
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UB and Berkeley Lab scientists discover new heavy-metal molecule ‘berkelocene’
The pioneering nuclear chemist Glenn Seaborg discovered berkelium at Berkeley Lab in 1949. It was one of many achievements ...