With the help of germanium detectors, Allmond can study these rare isotopes, postulate theories about what is happening in the stars, and better understand the Earth's elemental abundance.

With the help of germanium detectors, Allmond can study these rare isotopes, postulate theories about what is happening in the stars, and better understand the Earth’s elemental abundance. “We’re ...

Germanium detectors, constructed from large single crystals of the semi-metallic element germanium, have become essential instruments in nuclear physics. Their primary function is the detection of ...

Tim Gray of the University of Tennessee and ORNL inspects a new high-purity germanium detector for an array for use at ORNL and FRIB to measure exotic isotope decay. Credit: James Mitchell ...

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 ...

Since Tsianos started receiving those calls, tensions over the 31st element on the periodic table—as well as the 32nd, germanium, also used in a bevy of advanced technologies—have escalated.

At Berkeley Lab's Heavy Element Research Laboratory, the team custom-designed new gloveboxes enabling air-free syntheses with highly radioactive isotopes. Then, with just 0.3 milligram of ...