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Mike Wehner
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- There are many elements on the periodic table, but just because scientists know that they exist doesn't mean they've taken the time to study them all.
- Einsteinium was first discovered in the early 1950s, but it hadn't been studied closely because it's hard to make and decays rapidly.
- For the first time ever, scientists have taken measurements of the elusive element.
Not every element on the period table is created equal. Some are vital to our everyday survival (oxygen, anyone?), while others are so rare that they haven't even really been studied in any serious way. Einsteinium, number 99 on the periodic table, fell into the latter category for a long, long time, but that just changed in a big way.
In a new study published in Nature, researchers reveal that they've finally taken the time to study the highly radioactive element and measure it for the first time ever. The element, which was originally discovered in the 1950s, was so hard to generate and dangerously radioactive that the scientific community has pretty much ignored it for the past half-century or so.
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Einsteinium has been measured for the first time ever originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 3 Feb 2021 at 21:53:16 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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