Researchers grew crystals containing actinium and illuminated them with X-rays to learn how the radioactive metal binds with other elements. That information could help design better cancer treatments ...

A team led by LMU chemist Lena Daumann has demonstrated for the first time that bacteria can use certain radioactive elements to sustain their metabolism. As well as being a useful material in all ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A protein can be used to recover and purify radioactive metals such as actinium that could be beneficial for next-generation drugs used in cancer therapies and medical imaging, ...

A typical nuclear reactor uses only a small fraction of its fuel rod to produce power before the energy-generating reaction naturally terminates. What is left behind is an assortment of radioactive ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed a bill Thursday that could allow phosphogypsum, a radioactive material, to be used in road construction. The legislation adds the radioactive waste to a list of ...