Actinides are a group of heavy, radioactive elements that include uranium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium and ...

AMES, Iowa – A tiny, solid sample of a drug, complete with active and inactive ingredients, spun at 50,000 revolutions per ...

Those interested in science topics such as the periodic table will have the opportunity to learn more about it and what its ...

A mathematical equivalent of a microscope with variable resolution has shed light on why some atoms are exceptionally stable, ...

Phelps, an engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, works with radioactive material daily, furthering understanding of the world around us. She is best known for helping discover a periodic element, ...

State environmental regulators will also fine the Energy Department up to $16 million for exceeding safe groundwater standards near the nuclear lab.

For the first time, physicists have developed a model that explains the origins of unusually stable magic nuclei based ...

Time is almost up on the way we track each second of the day, with optical atomic clocks set to redefine the way the world measures one second in the near future. Researchers from Adelaide University ...

Atomic scientists set their "Doomsday Clock" on Tuesday closer than ever to midnight, citing aggressive behavior by nuclear powers Russia, China and the United States, fraying nuclear arms control, ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Atomic scientists set their "Doomsday Clock" on Tuesday closer than ever to midnight, citing aggressive behavior by nuclear powers Russia, China and the United States, ...