Spacecraft have used a plutonium isotope to stay afloat for decades, but another isotope could last even longer.

A research team led by researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has synthesized a new plutonium isotope, plutonium-227. This study was published in ...

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A new experiment using rare-isotope beams has provided new insight into the origin of proton-rich isotopes known as p-nuclei.

Russian scientists have developed a method to produce nitrogen-15, a key component for advanced nitride fuel in fast neutron ...

Brazil nuts are an especially nutrient-rich source of food: They contain important minerals like calcium and magnesium, essential amino acids and unsaturated fatty acids. Brazil nuts are characterized ...

A plume of radioactive material seeping from Komsomolets. (Gwynn et al., PNAS, 2026) A sunken Cold War-era nuclear submarine ...

Researchers measured very precisely atomic masses of radioactive lanthanum isotopes and found an interesting feature in their nuclear binding energies. The discovery provides essential data for ...

Scientists cheered another indication that the Atomic Age was starting to roll. After long delay and soul-searching, the Manhattan District this week agreed to supply qualified customers with about ...