But it was not to be. Estimates suggest that there is only about 30 g of francium in the whole of the Earth's crust. In the 1930s it was the turn of Fred Allison from the Alabama Polytechnic ...

Ten years later, this remarkably skilled woman discovered the much sought after element francium. As a result, she was encouraged to study for a degree, and then for her PhD. Despite the fact that her ...

A compelling book uncovers little-known aspects of the iconic chemist’s life, and the pioneering — if troubled — careers of ...

This expertise would lead her to the discovery of the bottom left corner of the periodic table: francium, element 87, the least electronegative element, and arguably the most difficult naturally ...

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A reluctant celebrity who coined the term “radioactivity”, she transformed the perception of women in science.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is considering legal action against tech companies such as Apple to reduce the amount ...

We see a lot of clocks here at Hackaday, so many now that it’s hard to surprise us. After all, there are only so many ways to divide the day into intervals, as well as a finite supply of geeky ...

Office: Small Hall 255 Email: [[saaubi]] Office Phone: 757-221-3545 Webpage: {{http://www.physics.wm.edu/~saubin/index.html}} Experimental Atomic, Molecular and ...

The least electronegative element is cesium (0.79 on the Pauling scale and left in the second row from the bottom in the periodic table). Note that older texts list both francium and cesium as least ...

Many countries are honoured in the periodic table. There's americium, germanium, polonium, and francium, to name but a few. Usually these place names reflect where their discoverer worked. But despite ...

Hanif Kureishi writes about recovering from a medical condition, and Stanley Tucci holds forth on a year of adventures with ...