Hickory dickory dock, this nucleus could make a great clock. A special variety of the element thorium hosts an atomic nucleus that could be used to keep time, scientists say. In a first, researchers ...

Although metal alloys is not among the most exciting topics for most people, the moment you add the word ‘radioactive’, it does tend to get their attention. So too with the once fairly common Mag-Thor ...

In 1980, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) observed that protactinium, a chemical element generated in thorium reactors, could be separated and allowed to decay to isotopically pure ...

The KamLAND experiment in Japan has detected neutrinos produced by radioactive decays deep inside the Earth for the first time. The experiment, which is located in a mine 1000 metres below ground, has ...

Alliance has the potential to develop commercial technologies and sources of isotopes needed for a new domestic medical supply chain Uranium and thorium are long-lived (long "half life"), naturally ...