Scientists now believe highly magnetised neutron stars, or magnetars, are a significant source of gold and other heavy ...

Nuclear chemists and nuclear physicists at the University of Cologne provide experimental proof of a long-suspected atomic decay pathway. The article ...

For the first time, a research team from the University of Cologne has observed the electron capture decay of technetium-98, ...

Nuclear chemists and nuclear physicists at the University of Cologne provide experimental proof of a long-suspected atomic decay pathway / The article published in ‘Physical Review’ shows that ...

Many space-lovers know the phrase "We are all made of star stuff." And it's true - our planet formed from the dust cloud left over from the formation of our Sun, and from the planet, all life. That ...

Where does gold really come from? It turns out that the glittering metal on Earth has its roots in violent cosmic events — ...

Remarkably, even though radioactivity is a threat to life, scientists can control and use it to diagnose and treat diseases – ...

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The element radium can be found in extremely tiny amounts in the Earth’s crust and oceans, and in its pure form it is a soft silvery metal. To an untrained eye, a small piece of radium may look like a ...