| Lawrencium was created by bombarding californium with boron, and only a few of these atoms have ever been produced. |
| Following up on berkelium, dubnium and californium, researchers at the University of Berkely in California, stumbled upon am element with atomic number 117 about a year ago. |
| The New Yorker wondered why they had not gone for broke, naming these two universitium and offium so as to reserve berkelium and californium for the next two elements. |
| The element was produced by the irradiation of atoms of actinide elements with heavy ions, such as bombarding californium with carbon. |
| Recurrence of the maxillary tumor was treated by 2 courses of radiotherapy, followed by californium 252 brachytherapy totaling 4000 rad. |
| It is prepared artificially in particle accelerators by bombarding heavy transuranium elements, such as californium, with alpha particles. |
