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

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

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

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

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

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

There are other uses of uranium apart from nuclear weapons as discussed in this article. Uranium is a silver-grey metal that ...

A new radiotracer developed at the University of Alberta and soon to be tested in human clinical trials in Europe could make ...

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 ...

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

In this new series, Portfolio Adviser talks to the manager of the Amati Global Innovation fund Mikhail Zverev, co-manager of ...