The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), whose tenth review conference is coming up in August, is in trouble, and not only because of the crescendo of complaints about the failure of the ...

An artist impression of the valence-fluctuating ground state of plutonium is shown. Due to strong interactions between the itinerant conduction electrons (denoted in purple) and the localized valence ...

The plutonium-244 hints at how heavy metals form in stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A rare version of the radioactive ...

The environment and human health are adversely affected by plutonium, even in minute quantities. The isotope plutonium-244 provides clues about nucleosynthesis and neutron star mergers, so plutonium ...

image: An artist impression of the valence-fluctuating ground state of plutonium is shown. Due to strong interactions between the itinerant conduction electrons (denoted in purple) and the localized ...