Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at ...

Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in the US have discovered a rare ...

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(Craig Taylor/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A sprinkling of radioactive plutonium atoms hidden in the ocean floor may trace back to a cosmic cataclysm more than 100 million years ago. What's more, that ...

Plutonium can be used to make nuclear bombs. But it can also be recycled and used as a fuel in nuclear reactors. According to the authors of a Nature editorial, the UK—which has the largest civilian ...

Plutonium (Pu) exhibits one of the most diverse and complex chemistries of any element in the periodic table. Since its discovery in 1940, scientists have synthesized and studied many different types ...

Scientists uncovered traces of plutonium-244 in deep-sea crust, revealing a continuous cosmic rain from a kilonova explosion ...

When NASA's next Mars rover blasts off later this month, the car-sized robot will carry with it nearly eight pounds of a special kind of plutonium fuel that's in short supply. NASA has relied on that ...