Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays while experimenting with cathode rays and crystals, leading to the realization that ...

The discovery of radioactivity provided geologists with a powerful tool to unlock Earth's history. The discovery soon revealed that radioactive elements decay at predictable rates, forming the basis ...

All types of radiation become less intense as they travel further away from the radioactive material ... the more the radiation is absorbed. Alpha, beta and gamma radiations penetrate materials ...

Their device — a carbon-14 diamond battery — is a strange fusion of radioactive decay ... carbon-14 undergoes beta decay, releasing electrons that the diamond then converts into electricity.

The core of this innovative battery is carbon-14, a radioactive isotope commonly ... carbon-14 undergoes a process we call beta decay. This is essentially where the carbon-14 releases a series ...

Particles in the Standard Model of physics have antiparticle equivalents. (ScienceAlert) Electron antineutrinos are emitted during nuclear beta decay, a type of radioactive decay in which a neutron ...

Further investigations 2 demonstrated the existence of at least nine radioactive periods ... of uranium will tend to readjust itself by beta decay to the lower value suitable for lighter elements.

Recent archaeological discoveries in Tamil Nadu reveal South India as an early hub of iron smelting, challenging historical ...

Targeted alpha therapy shows promise in treating neuroendocrine tumours, offering hope where beta therapies fall short.

Mod. Phys. review articles 1935-37 and detailed review of articles' contents; beta decay and the neutrino hypothesis; application of group-theoretic methods to nuclear physics 1936-37; compound ...