A Navy official recently told the community that it considers recent retesting data reflecting elevated levels of the radioactive isotope Strontium-90 on the development site of the old Hunters Point ...
Just how dangerous to the human race is the radioactive fallout from nuclear-weapons tests? The subject is enormously complex, and to understand all aspects of it requires expert knowledge of many ...
When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...
Strontium ruthenate, SRO214, is a good example of unusual superconductivity. Its superconductive qualities were found by a research team that included Yoshiteru Maeno, who is currently at the Toyota ...
"Hey, don't look at us" has been Entergy Corporation's response to the discovery of Strontium-90 in fish from the Connecticut River. But the contamination, revealed this week by the Vermont Department ...
Not satisfied with the accuracy of the "quantum logic clock" (which only gains or loses one second every 3.7 billion years), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA have ...
Clinicians may have reservations about using strontium-89 for the treatment of bone metastases because of concerns that it may limit future use of chemotherapy. We assessed the rate of bone marrow ...
Talk about the perils of atomic radiation has swelled in volume and intensity ever since the U.S. and Russia fired their much-publicized H-bombs in 1954. From public forums and presses all over the ...
Strontium isotopes are frequently used in archaeological studies to establish the provenance and migration history of prehistoric people and artifacts. Many of these studies may be based on incorrect ...
An experimental drug containing strontium makes bones denser and decreases the risk of fractures, a study of elderly women finds. The results add the drug, called strontium ranelate, to a wave of new ...
Strontium titanate was once used as a diamond substitute in jewelry before less fragile alternatives emerged in the 1970s. Now, researchers have explored some of its more unusual properties, which ...
Over the last month, we have seen quite a few UHS Speed Class 3 SD cards come through the lab. These cards are purpose built for 4K video, and today we look at our very first in the microSD format.