America will run out of the essential nuclear power source for deep-space exploration, called plutonium-238, in 10 years, according to a Fusion.net profile.Read more here.
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Radioactive isotopes reveal age of oil, gas wastewater spills
Radium isotopes in soils can be used to determine the age of oil and gas wastewater spills, research shows. Three new isotopic age-dating methods developed by the team could be useful for identifying the source of a spill where it’s not certain if contamination stems from recent unconventional oil and gas drilling or from older, […]
Biologists struggle with push to eliminate radioactive caesium in labs
Anybody who wants to conduct experiments on mice in Margaret Goodell’s immunology lab must submit to a host of security measures, starting with a background check by the FBI. That’s because Goodell, a researcher at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, uses a caesium-based irradiator to destroy bone marrow in mice that are set […]