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This animation illustrates how targeted alpha therapy delivers powerful radiation directly to cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. Credit: ORNL ...

Physicists working with molybdenum-84, a nucleus containing exactly 42 protons and 42 neutrons, have found that this seemingly balanced atom defies one of nuclear physics’ longest-standing ...

Element 112 did not invite a lot of interest when theoretical nuclear physicists predicted the famous island of stable superheavy elements — elements that have a number of nucleons that leads to ...

In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sit down with Dr. Lulu Zhao, an ...

Scientists can create gold in labs through complex nuclear reactions, altering elements like mercury or platinum. However, this process is astronomically expensive and yields microscopic amounts, ...

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The synthesis of methanol from carbon dioxide can be dramatically improved by switching the catalyst support from zirconia to ...

A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous ...

Each lemon can generate around 1.5V and, in 2021, a team coordinated by the Royal Society of Chemistry created a record-breaking giant lemon battery using nearly 3000 lemons, producing over 2300V.

Based on ancient beliefs, sacred texts, and scientific hypotheses, the shiny yellow metal either is the dominion of the gods, the brilliant brainchild and deliberate handiwork of divine alchemy, or ...