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Radioactive Material
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What happens if you eat uranium?
You will find lots of similar keywords between the elements on the periodic table and the ingredients in the foods. Potassium, iron, calcium and more.
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What is the world like if nuclear reactors explode simultaneously?
Scientists tried to calculate how many radioactive nuclides flew into the air when the nuclear reactors melted and how long the planet could not live.
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Uranium enrichment: Death technology
Iran's implementation of uranium enrichment technology has raised international concerns
Space science
Moon dust is full of radioactivity
Settling on the moon is a human goal in an effort to set foot in the universe. However, Earth's natural satellites are not very friendly to humans, after experts discove…
Space science
Radioactive materials are the source of the solar system
A group of international astrophysicists, including Dr. Maria Lugaro from Monash University, have found a new explanation for the origin of the solar system.
Space science
Detection of radioactive material on the moon
Data provided by Japan's space probe Kaguya shows that there is evidence of the existence of uranium on the moon.
Environment
Nuclear laboratory in Japan leaked radiation
Japan's nuclear regulatory agency (NRA) on May 25 announced radioactive substances from a nuclear physics laboratory in Tokai village, Ibaraki Prefecture, in the eastern…
Environment
Russia seized radioactive material about to send to Iran
A package of radioactive isotopes for research and medical purposes was seized at an airport in Moscow, when it was about to leave for Iran.
Environment
Radiation from the Fukushima 1 plant has spread to the United States
On August 16, Kyodo news agency said US scientists have discovered a small amount of radioactive sulfur dispersed from Japan's No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant on the…
Environment
Japan has just developed a new radioactive material
New materials in the form of silicon dioxide compounds (SiO2) can absorb radioactive iodine and strontium by changing the compound type.
Medicine - Health
Radioactive material from the Fukushima disaster is found in California
After the disaster of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011, radioactive substances leaked into the surrounding areas, causing water and food to be contaminated with…
Medicine - Health
Tobacco contains extremely toxic Polonium-210 radioactive material
The radioactive metal in tobacco is polonium-210. This substance was discovered by spouses Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898. Polonium-210 is extremely toxic (about 250 mil…
New technology
New material that cleans radioactive effects of cancer
Korean researchers have successfully developed a new material that can absorb radioactive cesium dissolved in soil or polluted water with 40 times more efficiency than c…
New technology
Radiation protection cement
Researchers including Do Quang Minh, Tran Thi Thu Thuy, Department of Silicat Materials, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology have studied the effect of barite on t…