also called alpha rays or alpha radiation, consist of two protons and two neutrons bound together into a particle identical to a helium-4 nucleus. They are generally produced in the process of alpha ...

Particle beams can provide a blast of destructive energy directly to tumours assuming the beam is in the right place. Using a radioactive beam, scientists pinpointed the beam’s location while ...

to improve upon a predictive model for measuring electrons inside the Earth's outer radiation belt. "This study proves the feasibility of using the Laboratory's particle data to predict the ...

Here is what happened to the body of the world's most 'radioactive man' who was kept alive in excruciating pain and suffered one of the most horrible deaths imagined. On 30 September 1999 ...

As the climate warms and Arctic permafrost thaws, some of the toxic elements locked away in it are starting to emerge and could contaminate the water supplies that many northern communities rely on.

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Find out why dark spots appear and what can fade them. If you have what feels like razor bumps or acne on the back of your neck or scalp, you may have acne keloidalis nuchae. Find out what can help.

Teach your child to communicate their needs using signs and symbols from Makaton and BSL as used in Something Special and Magic Hands. According to research from The Communication Trust ...

But by using a tweaked variant of a protein found in Gila monster saliva as a radioactive tracer, a new type of PET scan found the tumors in 95 percent of confirmed cases, researchers report in ...

A change in one particle instantly influences the other, regardless of the distance between them. In 1964, physicist John Bell posited that such changes can be induced and occur instantaneously ...