The hidden neutron decay route. Typically, when a neutron decays, it splits into three particles: a proton, an electron, and ...

Step inside a nuclear reactor and witness one of the most bizarre phenomena – radioactive fluorescence. In this video, we explore the strange and visually captivating glow that occurs inside a ...

Heavy actinides—elements at the bottom of the periodic table, after plutonium—are radioactive ... we can now do serial chemistry on elements like these—which was simply not possible before." ...

The BV100 harnesses energy from the radioactive decay of its nickel-63 core. The two-micron thick core, sandwiched between two 10-micron thick diamond semiconductors, efficiently converts the ...

Instead, they rely on the radioactive decay of elements to produce heat and eventually electricity. While this concept sounds similar to that of a nuclear power plant, RTGs work on a different ...

Writing backwards can trick an AI into providing a bomb recipe Conventional radioactivity sensing techniques involve waiting for particles produced during radioactive decay to hit a detector.

Nuclear waste becomes less dangerous over time on its own, because nuclear decay is a spontaneous reaction that will happen of its own accord. Even radioactive elements that decay into other ...

The School of Chemistry's Professor Dudley Shallcross, Dr Amy McCarthy-Torrens, and Dr Francesca Dennis have had an article published in the Journal of Chemical Education on their collaboration with ...

It includes an electroscope to measure radiation levels, a spinthariscope that allows radioactive decay to be seen on a fluorescent screen and a cloud chamber that enables the user to watch alpha ...

As it happens, the metal’s only naturally-occurring isotope - francium-223 - forms during the radioactive decay of actinium. In 1939, it was detected for the very first time by a French woman ...

But scientists have a very limited understanding of the element's chemistry, precluding more widespread uses. Studying the radioactive element has posed a decades-long challenge, partly due to the ...