Astatine is the rarest naturally occurring element on Earth and one of the least studied within the periodic table, mostly ...

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

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

But in space or on the Moon, there are no power lines, no sunlight at night and no backup grid. Every system — from life ...

The University of Southampton has been selected to help coordinate radioactivity monitoring and emergency response in Europe.Southampton has been ...

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 ...

Remains of this key transitional species date to a mysterious "black hole" in the fossil record.

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

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

Air monitoring stations regularly detect elevated levels of radon gas—a radioactive decay product of radium—with concentrations up to 25 picocuries per liter, five times the action level set by health ...