(Phys.org)—The first direct detection of radioactive titanium associated with supernova remnant 1987A has been made by ESA's Integral space observatory. The radioactive decay has likely been powering the glowing remnant ...
Astronomy
Oct 17, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cooks think of watched pots. Handymen grumble about drying paint. Kids dread the endless night before Christmas morning.
General Physics
Sep 9, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Plutonium gets taken up by our cells much as iron does, even though there's far less of it to go around.
Biochemistry
Jul 11, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Supernovae are the explosive deaths of massive stars, cataclysms that disburse into space the chemical elements produced by nuclear reactions inside the progenitor stars. Understanding chemical enrichment ...
Astronomy
Jun 24, 2011
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Radioactive contamination of the sea from Fukushima is likely to be only a local problem, but could lead to an exclusion zone if there is a major release of long-term pollutants, scientists say.
Environment
Mar 29, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When researchers found an unusual linkage between solar flares and the inner life of radioactive elements on Earth, it touched off a scientific detective investigation that could end up protecting the lives ...
General Physics
Aug 23, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have for the first time obtained a three-dimensional view of the distribution of the innermost material expelled by a recently exploded star. The original blast ...
Astronomy
Aug 4, 2010
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Princeton University proclaimed this month that some of its physicists had helped discover an invisible particle known as a geoneutrino.
General Physics
Jul 26, 2010
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The world ends on Oct. 23, 2077, in a series of radioactive explosions—at least in the world of "Fallout," a post-apocalyptic video game series that has now been adapted into a blockbuster TV show on Amazon's Prime Video.
General Physics
Apr 12, 2024
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The Himalayas stand as Earth's highest mountain range, possibly the highest ever. How did it form? Why is it so tall?
Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2024
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