The Periodic Table is a fascinating patchwork of our elemental framework… and we are often adding to it with short-lived elements of unpronounceable names… but what's the story with technetium? How ...

For the first time, a research team from the University of Cologne has observed the electron capture decay of technetium-98, an isotope of the chemical element technetium (Tc). Electron capture decay ...

Scientists spent years searching for Technetium, a chemical element that came, in time, to play a crucial role in medical diagnosis. So crucial in fact that a new search is already under way - to find ...

Technetium is essential for medical imaging, yet supplies of this short-lived radioactive synthetic element are far from guaranteed. Show more Technetium is essential for medical imaging, yet supplies ...

A Nobel laureate, a comedian and a cast of chemists share their favourite elements, from a signature of alien life to a source of comic book superpower Technetium is the lightest radioactive element ...

Technetium carbide does not exist -- it was pure technetium that was mistakenly considered as such, say physicists. This is important from the view point of chemistry of transition metal carbides ...

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Artemis Spyrou receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. Hendrik Schatz receives funding from National Science ...