Atom bomb designer dies
Hans Bethe, who helped develop the atomic bomb and worked out how stars shine, has died aged 98
All change for stellar evolution
New values for the rate of formation of carbon-12 could force astrophysicists to revamp models of how stars form
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Radioactivity speeds up
Placing a radioactive nucleus in a carbon-60 cage can reduce its half-life
Lessons from Three Mile Island
What to do in a nuclear emergency
The death of a nuclear legend
The controversial life and times of Edward Teller
Edward Teller dies
The “father of the H-bomb” died yesterday at the age of 95
A new place to store toxic waste?
Certain types of low-permeability rocks could be used to contain dangerous waste
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Lasers tackle radioactive waste
Iodine-129, which has a half-life of 15.7 million years, has been transmuted into a lighter isotope with a half-life of just 25 minutes
Could neutrinos destroy nuclear weapons?
Japanese particle physicists propose to destroy nuclear bombs with a high-energy neutrino beam
Potassium-40 heats up Earth’s core
Geophysicists have found evidence for an extra source of heat inside planets
