Geography textbooks describe the Earth's mantle beneath its plates as a well-mixed viscous rock that moves along with those ...

Neutrons are among the basic building blocks of matter. As long as they are part of a stable atomic nucleus, they can stay ...

Nuclear batteries offer a lifespan that lithium batteries can't match. But don't expect them powering consumer devices ...

As it happens, the metal’s only naturally-occurring isotope - francium-223 - forms during the radioactive decay of actinium.

Nuclear fission, discovered in 1938, involves splitting an atom's nucleus, releasing energy. It's essential for electricity ...

This first successful treatment of tumors with radioactive ion beams could one day lead to treating human patients’ tumors with millimeter precision.

At 81, David Cronenberg is interested in how we decay. And so is Karsh (Vincent Cassel), who has taken his sorrow over the ...

Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV Stream now with the PBS app. In the 1950s and '60s, the U.S. government conducted a series of nuclear tests in the Nevada desert. The resulting fallout ...

Chinese researchers have taken a step towards energy autonomy with the design of a nuclear mini battery. The possibility of a ...

radon forms a series of radioactive isotopes as it decays. Some of these isotopes have half-lives of milliseconds, other ...

radon forms a series of radioactive isotopes as it decays. Some of these isotopes have half-lives of milliseconds, other ...

In the largest study of its kind, a new study led by Oregon State University found a link between childhood cancer and radon ...