Francium — the 87th element on the periodic table — is a naturally occurring, but incredibly rare, radioactive element. It forms and decays extremely quickly, so it has no practical uses ...

When she was later asked to name the element she chose 'francium' to honour the country of her birth 2. It was also an appropriate choice in marking the continuing contribution made by French ...

The elements in this group include some of the most common and useful ones on the planet - and they probably all wish they weren’t associated with francium. So while other alkali metals play key ...