The nuclei of certain atoms are stable and under ordinary circumstances, stable nuclei do not undergo change. The nuclei of other atoms are unstable. These nuclei undergo change spontaneously, that is ...

The notion of a hacker-induced nuclear meltdown is the stuff of cyberpunk nightmares. And, let's be clear, there's no sign digital saboteurs are anywhere close to unleashing a nuclear apocalypse. But ...

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 ...

"The concentrations were very low and posed no risk to people or the environment," the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) said in a statement. STUK said that the radioactive substances did ...

On the weekend, a tank of radioactive material leaked from the closed Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory. While this has prompted concerns about the health of the surrounding Kakadu ...

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Researchers have quantitatively assessed the impact of extreme laser fields, expected to be achievable in the near future, on the half-lives of deformed nuclei undergoing cluster radioactivity. The ...

A global monitoring network this week detected unexplained "higher than usual levels" of radioactive isotopes at a station in Sweden that likely came from somewhere around the Baltic Sea. But the ...

From Laser Breakthroughs to New Frontiers in Nuclear Decay ControlWith the continuous progress in experimental laser technology, significant ...