Radium watch dials put the idea of glowing green radioactive elements in the public consciousness, but radium doesn’t actually glow. If you want to see the glow of radiation, take a look at the blue ...

Heavy elements: Researchers created molecules containing actinium (Ac) and Nobelium (No), atoms found on opposite sides of the actinide series of chemical elements. They expect chemical properties to ...

The year 2019, marking the 150th anniversary of Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev's creation of the periodic table, has been designated the "International Year of the Periodic Table" by the UN. True to ...

A heroic effort to characterize the chemistry of actinium, a short-lived radioactive element, reveals surprising differences in behaviour compared with other elements in the actinide series. Like all ...

US scientists have unlocked the potential of a 125-year-old element that could combat cancer cells. The element actinium was discovered in 1899 by French scientist Andre-Louis Debierne and in the ...

To mark 2019 being the International Year of the Periodic Table, members of the Physics World team have been having some chemical “fun” in our self-styled Battle of the Elements. It involved staff ...