Eyes on the sun: Naked thallium-205 ion decay reveals history over millions of years
The sun, the essential engine that sustains life on Earth, generates its tremendous energy through the process of nuclear ...
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Neutrino experiment reveals 4 million years of sun’s history using ancient minerals
The sun, the source of the earth’s life-sustaining energy, continuously emits neutrinos—enigmatic particles that ...
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Long-sought measurement of exotic beta decay in thallium helps extract the timescale of the Sun's birth
Scientists are now closer to an answer. They succeeded in the measurement of the bound-state beta decay of fully-ionized thallium ions at the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR) of GSI/FAIR.
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Chinese chemistry student charged with poisoning US roommate
Odourless and colourless thallium is a chemical element that can be lethal for humans. It was also used in rat poison in the past and is still part of electronics manufacturing. Mr Yang was ...
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Obscure Elements
thallium, barium. What are they? And what are they used for? Minor metals merchant Anthony Lipmann explains how he made a fortune tracking down a stockpile of one toxic element sufficient to kill ...
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The Sun Took Between 10 and 20 Million Years to Form from Elements Produced in Ancient Red Giants
There, they used an experimental storage ring that allowed them to study how thallium-205 (an element related to lead-205) behaves under extreme conditions, similar to those found in space, such as ...
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Poisoned to death: Japan indicts man for killing student with thallium
Prosecutors in Osaka have indicted a man for murdering a female acquaintance with thallium, which was used as rat poison. Kazuki Miyamoto, 37, is accused of killing 21-year-old university student ...