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
Bismuth breaks half-life record for alpha decay
French researchers have measured the longest ever radioactive half-life for alpha decay
Read article: Muons join the fight against nuclear smugglers
Muons join the fight against nuclear smugglers
Cosmic-ray particles could be used to detect concealed radioactive material
Nobel laureates oppose war against Iraq
41 prize-winners have signed a declaration that opposes war
Los Alamos director resigns
John Browne steps down from his post at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Pugwash urges end to weapons
Britain must decide now not to build successor to Trident, say scientists
Nuclei reveal novel decay
Physicists have observed two-proton radioactivity
Read article: Martin Deutsch 1917 – 2002
Martin Deutsch 1917 – 2002
The physicist who first detected positronium dies at 85
