Americium 241: the element hiding in plain sight Americium has been part of daily life for years, quietly embedded in ionization smoke detectors, but only recently has it been treated as a serious ...

This week's element is americium, which has the atomic symbol Am and the atomic number, 95. This element was named for the continent, North America (or the country, the United States of America, ...

Scientists can remove americium from nuclear waste to make it safer pidjoe/iStock A new way to make nuclear waste safer has been developed. The technique aims to remove americium from waste, one of ...