Medicine & TechnologyOne isotope of xenon has a half-life of about 18 sextillion years, making it the longest half-life ever directly measured in a radioactive substance. Read the article to learn more.
Tantalum-180m, a rare nuclear isomer, has a remarkably long lifetime, but its decay has never been observed. Read more about this isotope in this article.
Scientists say the more stars in the galaxy, the faster it enriches itself with oxygen, iron, and other essential elements. Read the article to learn more.
The discovery of the 1.2-billion-year-old groundwater in a South African mine confirms that the oldest water found in Canada is not an aberration and could also exist on other planets. Continue reading to know its properties.
The research from two institutions has found that the radiation from rocky cores could break up water molecule and support the microbe that consumes hydrogen.