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Chinese scientists have built a nuclear battery that can produce power for up to 50 years without being recharged. The technology, which contains a radioactive isotope, or version of nickel, as its ...

Extreme heat forged Earth’s continents billions of years ago, creating the stable foundation that made life possible.

Scientists have revealed key properties of radioactive promethium, a rare earth element with poorly understood applications, using a groundbreaking new method. When you purchase through links on our ...

For billions of years, Earth’s continents have stood firm, forming the foundation for mountains, rivers, and life itself. But ...

SEREMBAN: Work to extract non-radioactive rare earth elements (NR-REE) from two sites in Jelebu near here will start early 2026, says Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun.

All granite is radioactive, even the stuff used to make fancy countertops. But, the red granite at the Capitol is more ...

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 ...