The amount of long-lived radioactive elements incorporated into a rocky planet as it forms may be a crucial factor in determining its future habitability, according to a new study by an ...

Researchers grew crystals containing actinium and illuminated them with X-rays to learn how the radioactive metal binds with other elements. That information could help design better cancer treatments ...

A planet's habitability is determined by a confluence of many factors. So far, our explorations of potentially habitable ...

Darleane Hoffman, an Iowa State University graduate, went on to become a renowned nuclear chemist before passing away at 98.

In spring 1949, three prospectors armed with Geiger counters set out to hunt for treasure in the arid mountains of southern Nevada and southeastern California. In the previous century, those mountains ...

Materials that are essential for the transition to a sustainable society are currently being extracted using methods that are ...

The first-ever discovery of an extraterrestrial radioactive isotope on Earth has scientists rethinking the origins of the elements on our planet. The tiny traces of plutonium-244 were found in ocean ...

Sinclair International has begun human trials of a new anti-radiation drug called HOPO 14-1 that is designed to help decontaminate those who have been exposed to radioactive elements as a result of a ...

Element 99 — mysterious and exceptionally radioactive — sits inconspicuously in the bottom row of the periodic table. Named for legendary physicist Albert Einstein, einsteinium has been one of the ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) will begin its 17th discharge of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima ...

The Fort Lee Combined Arms Support Command Safety Office is partnering with the Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials — the ...