Researchers have visualized atoms in motion just before a radiation-driven decay process occurs, revealing a surprisingly ...

Monitoring teams report elevated radiation levels in surrounding waters near the wreck site.

Scientists filmed atoms "roaming" before exploding -- revealing a hidden driver of radiation damage.How Radiation Damages Cells at the Atomic ...

To produce actinium-227, the isotope used for an FDA-approved cancer treatment, the first step is to bombard targets of the ...

A team of Italian researchers has uncovered compelling evidence of anomalous radioactive decay in cobalt-57 (Co-57) under ultrasonic stimulation, offering strong experimental support for the Deformed ...

Hickory dickory dock, this nucleus could make a great clock. A special variety of the element thorium hosts an atomic nucleus that could be used to keep time, scientists say. In a first, researchers ...

The blast is what people imagine. A sudden flash, a rising cloud, the moment when history splits into “before” and “after”.

Among the many science toys that have fallen out of fashion since we started getting nervous around things like mercury, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and radiation is the spinthariscope, which let people ...

The element radium can be found in extremely tiny amounts in the Earth’s crust and oceans, and in its pure form it is a soft silvery metal. To an untrained eye, a small piece of radium may look like a ...