I n 1987, a terrible accident unfolded in Goiânia, Brazil, where a radioactive capsule had been abandoned. People later found ...

Writing in the Environmental Science and Technology journal, the scientists say that radioactive caesium from the tests have sunk into the earth, contaminating deer truffles - the food favoured by ...

A NUMBER of methods have been proposed for determining very low concentrations of cæsium-137 in sea-water by γ-ray spectrometry. The sodium potassium cobaltinitrite method 1,2 and the nickel ...

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The casing contains a small quantity of radioactive Caesium-137, which could cause serious illness if touched. It was lost between the town of Newman and the city of Perth in mid-January - a ...

One such gap was one beneath caesium, a position later found to belong to francium. More than 40 years later, it was suggested that each element has a unique numbered position in the periodic table, ...

The UAE has launched an official time reference clock that use a caesium atomic reference clock, establishing a highly precise standard for measuring time. The UAE Official Time is regarded as an ...