von Sochocky, Austrian inventor of radium paint, died in New Jersey, his teeth and fingers all gone (TIME, Nov. 26, 1928). Contact us at letters@time.com ...

But that was a lie. The women would mix their own paint from radium dust and other ingredients. They were soon known as "ghost girls," because the radium dust made their skin, hair and clothes glow.

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In the 1920s when radium paint was introduced into the manufacture of clock dials in a New Jersey factory, the dangers of the newly developed material were still to be discovered.

A transformation was needed, and a crisp, fresh coat of white paint on the bookcases was the perfect solution. Step 1: Sand the workpiece. To begin, I gave each bookcase a good sanding with my ...

A century ago, if you wanted a watch that glowed in the dark you’d have been taking a pretty substantial risk, as the only known solution was radium paint. Once the health risks of working with ...

That possibility had occurred to him in consequence of observing the rapid rate at which radium decays. Supposing this to be uniform, he estimates that all which is at present in existence will ...

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BARCELONA, Spain — Adding bone-targeting radium-223 (Ra223) to the androgen receptor pathway inhibitor enzalutamide (Xtandi) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and ...