Unstable atoms emit fast-moving particles that can damage cells in the human body. Some atoms are far more unstable than ...

Chinese scientists have built a nuclear battery that can produce power for up to 50 years without being recharged. The technology, which contains a radioactive isotope, or version of nickel, as its ...

Raw, untreated groundwater from a test well being considered as a potential drinking water source for C.C. shows radioactive ...

Scientists have revealed key properties of radioactive promethium, a rare earth element with poorly understood applications, using a groundbreaking new method. When you purchase through links on our ...

Discover the world's most radioactively contaminated sites from human activity, including Chernobyl, Fukushima, Hanford, and ...

This ancient catastrophe drastically shaped the Moon's structure. Its crust is much thicker on the far side than on the near ...

Kroger and AquaStar recall shrimp products over cesium-137 contamination concerns that could pose cancer risks from long-term exposure to the radioactive element.

HELENA — Radioactive elements have been detected in all of the 128 residential wells that were tested in a recent seven-county study in south-central Montana, with 49 wells -- 29 percent of those ...

Old records have emerged indicating that potentially dangerous substances, including radioactive materials, may have been buried under a Berkeley waterfront park. Now, the State of California is ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mayo Clinic is the first U.S. health system to treat a case of breast cancer with a new radioactive treatment, it announced Friday, Aug. 1. The medicine contains actinium-225, a ...