Scientists have confirmed the existence of a unique phase of water called 'plastic ice VII,' which forms under extreme ...

On the increasingly rare occasions when this old lady has to drive in the winter, I try to wait until after the road-clearing ...

We receive internal exposure from radioactive elements which we take into our bodies through food and water, and through the air we breathe. In addition, we have radioactive elements (Potassium 40, ...

The film, with the working title "Voices from the Dark," focuses on the lives of the women, many of whom died of radium poisoning in years and decades after working at the factory. She seeks to ...

The McClellan Theatre performed the classic Radium Girls play on March 13, 14 and 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. “It is being done at this particular time in recognition of Women’s History Month,” Dennis Zuelke, ...

Mixed with the right kind of paint, radium would luminesce after exposure to light, so that a watch face painted with the stuff could soak up energy during the day and stay visible all night long.

Tragically, many of the dial painters died from radium poisoning, but their efforts pushed the government to introduce safety standards. These standards were also applied to plutonium as the ...

These were the women who painted watch dials beginning in 1916 with the “miracle” chemical – luminescent radium. The magic medium caused them to glow in the dark, the dust clinging to their clothes ...