Remarkably, even though radioactivity is a threat to life, scientists can control and use it to diagnose and treat diseases – ...
Why did they form at that time? Astronomers know from observing distant exploding stars that the size of the universe has ...
Unstable atoms emit fast-moving particles that can damage cells in the human body. Some atoms are far more unstable than ...
Theodore Gray. Black Dog and Leventhal (Workman, dist.), $19.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-57912-895-1 Gray (Mad Science) blends science, art, and social commentary in this delightful and ...
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MIT’s new method helps probe inside atom’s nucleus using electrons as ‘messengers’
Scientists have developed a new method that can help them probe inside atom’s nucleus. Developed by researchers at MIT, the ...
It’s not every day an element gets added to the periodic table. The last time it happened was 2016, when four new elements became official. For these elements, reaching the table was an epic quest ...
At the far end of the periodic table is a realm where nothing is quite as it should be. The elements here, starting at atomic number 104 (rutherfordium), have never been found in nature. In fact, they ...
The story of the fifteenth element began in Hamburg, in 1669. The unsuccessful glassblower and alchemist Hennig Brandt was trying to find the philosopher’s stone, a mythical substance that could turn ...
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