The advent of radioactive isotopes into the field of medical diagnosis came only in very recent years, just about the time Dr. Holmes was withdrawing from his general work. I am sure that ...

Australia's Open Pool Australian Lightwater (OPAL) research reactor has the potential to “make a real difference” in the effort to deal with the global shortage of radioactive isotopes used ...

This activity is measured in becquerels. Different radioactive isotopes have different half-lives. For example, the half-life of carbon-14 is 5,730 years, but the half-life of francium-223 is just ...

Prostate cancer remains one of the most prevalent cancers among men worldwide. For patients with advanced or metastatic ...

The aftermath of Sellafield's 1957 reactor fire and the UK's ongoing efforts to entomb its toxic legacy deep beneath the ...

The table below shows the fraction by weight of the three isotopes in any quantity of natural uranium, their half lives, and specific activity. The half life of a radioactive isotope is the time taken ...

At its facility in Everett, Wash., TerraPower Isotopes is producing radioactive actinium-225. The isotope is a great ...

A spokesperson for the NJ agency in charge of the search says no drones were used to find the gernamium-68 that briefly went missing in December.

That is the stark warning from experts who have said the lack of medical radioactive isotopes available in the UK means delays in tests to diagnose cancer. It has also led to renewed calls for the ...

The round silver pellet contains the radioactive isotope Cesium-137, and puts out harmful quantities of both gamma and beta radiation. The pellet was part of a gauge used for measuring the density ...