A heroic effort to characterize the chemistry of actinium, a short-lived radioactive element, reveals surprising differences in behaviour compared with other elements in the actinide series.
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Albrecht-Schmitt, T. Fleeting glimpse of an elusive element. Nature 536, 404–405 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/536404a
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