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 ...

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

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

Physicists have solved a long-standing puzzle about mercury’s nuclear fission by using a five-dimensional model that ...

A five-dimensional model has successfully predicted the asymmetric fission of mercury isotopes, offering new insights into ...

The Dragonfly drone to Titan and other groundbreaking NASA missions rely on plutonium-238, a material now in critical ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.

Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

The fight against cancer in the country has received another major boost after Nairobi West Hospital announced that it had ...

Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Australia have confirmed plutonium levels in sediment up to 4,500 times ...

Ratio Therapeutics and Ionetix have inked separate deals to boost production of the much-needed radioisotope actinium-225, ...