Researchers at CERN have just upgraded their understanding on one of the rarest particle ...

Alpha decay represents a fundamental mode of radioactive disintegration wherein an unstable nucleus emits an alpha particle—a tightly bound cluster of two protons and two neutrons. This process not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Voyager 1, shown in this illustration, has operated for decades thanks to a radioisotope power system. NASA via AP Powering ...

If you need to send something far from a recharge outlet, then you’re going need a nuclear battery. These long-running power sources come in all shapes and sizes, and have many different methods for ...

Alpha particle radioluminescence detection and imaging is an advanced optical technique that capitalises on the light emitted when alpha particles interact with air molecules. When alpha particles – ...

Photograph of an optically trapped microparticle in high vacuum. The microparticle is visible as a white dot levitated between two lenses, which are used to focus and collect the invisible infrared ...

Once in a very great while, an ephemeral particle called a kaon arises and then quickly decays away into three other obscure entities. Whether or not this happens in a particular way has very little ...

Metastatic melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer. In an effort to achieve targeted therapy for metastatic melanoma, researchers recently developed a new radioactive drug that emits alpha ...

Working at a nuclear research centre as I do, I found Justin Mullins’s article on seasonal variations in radioactive decay most intriguing (27 June, p 42). The most dramatic change in radioactive ...

A new map offers a new perspective on the city, revealing the steady, ever-present natural radiation emerging from the ground ...