Americium is one of the lesser-known synthetic elements, first created in 1944 during the Manhattan Project. The isotope of interest for space is americium-241. Its half-life is a staggering 432 years ...

Many heavy atomic nuclei are shaped more or less like squashed rugby balls than fully inflated ones, according to a ...

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

For the first time, a research team from the University of Cologne has observed the electron capture decay of technetium-98, an isotope of the chemical element technetium (Tc). Electron capture decay ...

Picture this: you wake up tomorrow morning to find your smartphone dead, your laptop frozen, and your electric car refusing to start. Not because of a power outage or a bug in the grid, but because ...