Quantum Kinetics Corporation (QKC) claimed that it successfully triggered plasma fusion temperatures of 392 million degrees ...

Before you start cutting up that ‘negative ion’ health bracelet or personal massager, be aware that these are highly likely to contain thorium oxide or similar radioactive powder, as this ...

Instead of uranium, this plant uses thorium as its fuel. Its reactor does not need water for cooling because it utilizes ...

Uranium (chemical symbol U) is a naturally occurring radioactive element. In its pure form it is a silver-coloured heavy metal, similar to lead, cadmium and tungsten. Like tungsten it is very dense, ...

Camera lenses? A few decades ago, camera companies added rare elements like thorium to their glass to change the optical properties in desirable ways. The downside? Well, it made the lenses ...

A top-down view of an experimental thorium-based nuclear reactor from the 1960s. (Photo: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy) The sands of India are brimming with potential to fuel ...

Another overhaul mod, Thorium adds plenty of new content for players to sink their spears into. Although Calamity adds more enemies and bosses, Thorium adds new NPCs, and biomes, and ups the ante ...

Alpha decay (two protons and two neutrons) changes the mass number of the element by -4 and the atomic number by -2 so the remaining nucleus will be \(_{90}^{234}?\). A periodic table shows that ...

Gamma close gamma radiationA type of ionising radiation that is also part of the EM spectrum. It has no mass. is pure energy and will not change the structure of the nucleus in any way. Alpha ...

A Washington-based firm has reportedly set a world record in nuclear fusion research during third party, peer-reviewed experiments with radioactive wastewater. Quantum Kinetics Corporation (QKC) ...