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 ...

Wuhan Neutrino Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan, China. The mechanism underlying earthquake formation has long been a topic of scholarly debate. Leveraging the latest research findings on ...

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Understanding the characteristics of radioactive decay is essential both in materials science and in nuclear chemistry education. Allowing students to experiment with such phenomena offers significant ...

There was a recent recall of so-called ‘radioactive shrimp’ that were potentially contaminated with cesium-137 (Cs-137). But contamination isn’t an all-or-nothing affair, so you might wonder exactly ...

Why do some elements decay in minutes, while others last billions of years? Certain "magic numbers" of nuclear particles may make all the difference. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

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Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) claim to have developed a new and faster method for detecting and measuring the radioactivity of minuscule amounts of ...

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 ...

The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Tepco, has said that two specially designed and newly installed robots will need three years to remove 3,000 sandbags from the basements of the three destroyed ...