After a year of fastidious planning, a microscopic sample of the ultra-rare radioactive element berkelium arrived at a Berkeley Lab. With just 48 hours to experiment before it would become unusable, a ...
The detection and study of isotopes, atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons, could expand the scope of physics research and enable new scientific discoveries. So far, rare ...
Learn how traces of a rare radioactive element preserved in Antarctic ice may show that the Solar System is currently passing ...
Plans to deliver the first-ever precision measurements of some of the rarest and most unstable atomic nuclei could reshape our understanding of nuclear structure and how chemical elements are formed ...
An international team of scientists, including a University of York researcher, has carried out ground-breaking experiments to investigate the atomic structure of astatine (Z=85), the rarest naturally ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government renewed Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths' operating license for 10 years but will require it to stop producing radioactive waste by 2031. The ...
A flexible layered sulfide captures hydrated rare earth ions from radioactive water, enabling fast and selective cleanup while maintaining chemical stability and radiation resistance in a tunable ...
Malaysia Australia Rare Earths FILE - Construction vehicles are parked at the site of Lynas' rare earths plant in Gebeng, eastern Malaysia, on April 19, 2012. (AP ...