Scientists have discovered a new solid and stable plutonium compound that could have uses in nuclear waste storage. Using the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, the team —led by a cohort from ...

Beaming scientists: the research team at the Rossendorf beamline at the ESRF. Kristina Kvashnina is second from the right. (Courtesy: ESRF) By accident, scientists in Germany, Russia and Sweden have ...

Researchers studying the crystalline structure of radioactive plutonium have happened onto the first plutonium-based superconductor. Like other superconductors, this one carries electricity with zero ...

A chemistry professor created a plutonium compound that behaves much more like lighter elements, giving scientists new information about how this element works. Plutonium has long been part of many ...

After 50 years of searching, physicists have spotted the fingerprint of radioactive plutonium, revealing the secrets of this complex molecule behind nuclear weapons. The researchers found the ...

After 50 years of searching, physicists have spotted the fingerprint of radioactive plutonium, revealing the secrets of this complex molecule behind nuclear weapons. The researchers found the ...

Suslova, K. G., Sokolova, A. B., Krahenbuhl, M. P. and Miller, S. C. The Effects of Smoking and Lung Health on the Organ Retention of Different Plutonium Compounds in ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Plutonium has long been part of many countries' nuclear energy strategies, but scientists are still unlocking the mysteries behind this complicated element and seeing how they can ...