Scientists have developed tiny nanocrystal particles made up of isotopes of the elements lanthanum, vanadium, and oxygen for ...

Physicists have solved a long-standing puzzle about mercury’s nuclear fission by using a five-dimensional model that ...

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

Alpine rain and snow take much longer to percolate into western U.S. streams than previously thought, adding complexity to ...

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung have discovered ...

A five-dimensional model has successfully predicted the asymmetric fission of mercury isotopes, offering new insights into ...

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

The Dragonfly drone to Titan and other groundbreaking NASA missions rely on plutonium-238, a material now in critical ...

Attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities have already triggered at least one internal radiation leak, but should we be concerned ...

More common than gold, uranium is abundant on Earth. But less than one percent of the naturally occurring element is useful ...

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

Satellite images reveal damage, but experts suggest that new technology may be able to verify what actually happened ...