All radioactivity articles
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Business
Big deals confirm renewed interest in radiopharmaceuticals
Acquisitions of RayzeBio and Point Biopharma highlight the potential of targeting radioactivity directly to tumour cells
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News
Two year clean-up of Scottish beach clears radioactive material from second world war planes
Multi-million pound operation removed over 6000 particles of highly radioactive radium-226 and associated radionuclides
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Opinion
Letters: December 2022
Readers discuss the practical nature of chemistry and speak up for brewers
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Research
Radium chelator researchers working to improve targeted cancer therapies
Oak Ridge National Lab team investigate factors underpinnning Ra2+ complex stability and selectivity in attempt to expand the therapeutic utility of radium-223
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Research
The next generation of nuclear reactors will produce even more radioactive waste
Researchers warn against ‘overly optimistic, misleading information’ surrounding small modular reactors
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Research
Radiation discovered to be a major overlooked source of natural gas generation in shales
Uranium and thorium may be responsible for producing a significant portion of hydrocarbons in some fracking wells
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Review
Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium
The story of a radioactive element from its rise to a cure-all ingredient to the downfall of an entire industry
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Podcast
Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium by Lucy Jane Santos – Book club
From radioactive spa treatments to liquid sunshine, this book traces a forgotten part of chemistry history
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Review
Film: Radioactive
Based on a graphic novel, this film is both a profile of Marie Curie and a celebration of her discovery, the phenomenon of radioactivity
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Research
Chernobyl’s intensely radioactive ‘elephant’s foot’ lava recreated in the lab
Mimic of the lava produced by a reactor meltdown is far safer to work with
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Business
Carbon Cycle’s gypsum purification process cleans up radioactive fertiliser waste
The patented process could prevent environmental damage and provide a new source of gypsum and rare-earth metals
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News
Russian role in Europe-wide radiation leak two years ago confirmed
Evidence mounts that Mayak facility was responsible for ruthenium release as ‘satellite crash’ explanation given by Russian officials scorned
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Research
New ligand removes uranium from bones
A treatment that mops up uranium in the bones and kidneys of mice could help humans exposed to radiation
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Research
Violent stellar collision near early solar system created actinides
A single neutron star merger produced almost all curium and plutonium that ever existed in the solar system
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News
Clean up agreed for radioactive waste from Manhattan Project
Missouri landfill site to be excavated to deal with illegally dumped material created by development of first atomic weapons
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Research
Lightning strikes cause nuclear reactions in the atmosphere
Thunderstorms are a previously unrecognised natural source of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen isotopes
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Feature
Marie Curie, the migrant chemist
150 years after Marie Curie’s birth, Mike Sutton delves into her life and research
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Research
Blue nanoparticles mop up radioactive element
Nanosized Prussian blue formulation removes radioactive caesium from body faster than commercial treatment