Plutonium compound unlocks rare topological quantum behavior with potential nuclear science applications

Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at ...
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Scientists observe elusive thorium-thorium bonding, a first for heavy elements

In a global first, researchers at he University of Manchester in the UK visualized bonding between throium atoms using HAR.

Elusive thorium–thorium bonding directly observed using Hirshfeld atom refinement

Researchers have directly visualized a rare type of chemical bond between some of the heaviest elements in the periodic table, providing experimental evidence of how these atoms share electrons in ...