The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone remains one of Earth’s most haunting yet paradoxical places, where death and life intertwine in ways no scientist ever predicted. Nearly 39 years after the world’s worst ...

At a young age, we're told how the sun warms Earth and makes life possible. That idea sticks with most of us for life. But ...

Texas A&M scientists have unlocked new potential for astatine-211, a rare and short-lived element, as a highly precise cancer-fighting isotope. Its alpha emissions destroy tumor cells while sparing ...

A novel experiment has revealed a phenomenon called the Bohr–Weisskopf effect in a pear-shaped nucleus in a molecule for the ...

The most radioactive elements found on Earth include Polonium, Radium, and Radon. Learn why elements with short half-lives, ...