On Thursday, Apr. 2, paleoclimatologist and professor Jessica Conroy, Ph.D., delivered Geneseo’s 22nd Annual American Rock ...

Medieval poets wrote about auroras. Their work is providing clues to the solar cycle Medieval poets, including a Japanese noble, provided key descriptions to track down solar events ...

DARPA has awarded a $5.2 million contract to Avalanche Fusion to develop radioactive batteries for defense and space ...

New Jersey stepped closer to allowing more in-state nuclear power as Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Wednesday signed legislation to ...

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN assistant editor Fionna Samuels about the use of ...

Brazil nuts are an especially nutrient-rich source of food: They contain important minerals like calcium and magnesium, essential amino acids and unsaturated fatty acids. Brazil nuts are characterized ...

A rare radioactive isotope stands between NASA and its next generation of deep-space exploration. Plutonium-238, the fuel ...

The Runit Dome contains more than 120,000 tons of contaminated material from nuclear testing, including lethal quantities of ...

Spacecraft have used a plutonium isotope to stay afloat for decades, but another isotope could last even longer.

Every atom is a coiled source of power. But some atoms pack more punch than others. The radioactive elements fueling nuclear reactors can be coaxed into generating so much power that in the mid-1950s ...

When most people hear the word "radioactive," they tend to picture nuclear disasters like Ukraine's 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe or Japan's 2011 Fukushima meltdown. But in reality, radioactivity — the ...

Rapid DNA tests, x-ray fluorescence guns, and other technologies are being deployed in the fight against wildlife trafficking. Every year, poachers shoot hundreds of rhinos, fishing crews haul ...