It's all packed into a unit that's a fraction of an inch in size. Scientists create mind-blowing nuclear battery that can ...

Scientists from across several Chinese institutions have unveiled a new ultra-compact nuclear battery that has the potential ...

But there's at least one substance in the periodic table that was named in response to a nearby element, and that's americium, the element that looks as if it should be pronounced [AMER-ICK-IUM]. It ...

An international team led by scientists of GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Helmholtz ...

It’s widely known that a smoke detector is a good ionizing radiation source, as they contain a small amount of americium-241, a side product of nuclear reactors. But what about other sources?

That’s what [Richard] did using household items such as clock fingers for Radium, and smoke detectors for Americium. After the radioactive elements were separated from their household ...

There are already two different drug injections that can be used to treat people who have been exposed to radioactive plutonium, americium or curium. For decades, experts have also known that ...

It took weeks to observe the behavior of one and a half dozen precious, but very short-lived, atoms of these exotic elements.

There's much more neptunium to be found in the average household. That's because many smoke detectors use alpha particles from the element americium 241 to ionize the air in a detection chamber. The ...

And radioactive material is found in household objects. Americium-241, an isotope that emits alpha and gamma radiation as it decays, is found in homes around the world in an unassuming device ...

HOPO Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract valued at up to $226 million from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 6:27 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this ...