But what exactly is thorium? This radioactive metal is mined from solidified magma or lava. However, this silver-colored chemical element is not a nuclear fuel in itself. So while it is ...

An international team of physicists has successfully measured the size of a certain type of neutrino to a certain degree. In ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed a Russian drone equipped with a 'high-explosive warhead' struck the nuclear ...

In 1902 Ernest Rutherford and Frederick Soddy discovered that radioactive elements, such as uranium and thorium, broke down into other elements in a predictable sequence or series. This amazing ...

Researchers at the Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, precisely measured atomic masses of radioactive lanthanum isotopes and found an interesting feature in their nuclear ...

Radioactive dust left over from Cold War Nuclear experiments is still wafting through European air, new research finds.

It comes from the natural decay of uranium, a radioactive element that is found in nearly all soils. Studies show radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the US after smoking ...

Scientists at IFJ PAN discovered significant differences in plutonium isotope accumulation between hemispheres, with unique ...

Iran has begun the extraction and utilization of radioactive materials and associated elements at the Saghand mining and ...

Further investigations 2 demonstrated the existence of at least nine radioactive periods, six of which were assigned to elements beyond uranium, and nuclear isomerism had to be assumed in order to ...