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Scientists have discovered 'berkelocene,' the first organometallic molecule to be characterized containing the heavy element berkelium. The breakthrough disrupts long-held theories about the chemistry ...

"Traditional understanding of the periodic table suggests that berkelium would behave like the lanthanide terbium," said Minasian. "But the berkelium ion is much happier in the +4 oxidation state ...