[Chasing Invisible Waves] Part 2, Episode 3: Gamma Rays and Atomic Nuclei — Light Emerging from the Stairs Inside the Nucleus

This is Kanso-san. In this third episode, we will talk about gamma rays.What is the difference between X-rays and gamma rays?
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After 40 Years, Chornobyl's Radioactive Particles Are Surprisingly Stable

We're now 40 years on from the worst nuclear disaster in history, and scientists have been analyzing radioactive particles blown out by Chornobyl to see what's left of the fuel that got scattered – ...

Rare particle decays hint at deviations from Standard Model predictions

Studying rare processes is part and parcel of particle physics, providing stringent tests of the Standard Model. At the ...

Superheavy-element compound reveals weaker-than-expected bond due to relativistic effects

An international collaboration led by a research group from GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Germany, has achieved the first ...

When Combining Half-Lives

Last time, we talked about physical half-life and biological half-life. In the context of internal exposure to radioactive ...
Tech Times on MSN

Physicists crack polymer breakdown: Field ionization equations now predict exact failure point

Polymer dielectric breakdown mechanism resolved: physicists at Russia's Ioffe Institute confirmed quantum tunneling drives ...
US Environmental Protection Agency

Frequent Questions: Radioactive Waste

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program is responsible for cleaning up some of the United States’ most contaminated land. For more than forty years, the Superfund program has protected ...
Rolling Stone

Godflesh’s Stunning New Album, ‘Decay,’ Marks the End of an Era

Over the course of Decay, Godflesh‘s 10th and supposedly penultimate album, frontman Justin Broadrick utters less than 150 words total in just 42 minutes. When you do hear his voice, he shouts, ...