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What is tritium paint?

28 Jan 2022

In 1957, Edward Shapiro filed a patent for a novel type of 鈥渟elf-luminous paint.鈥 The concept was not new, luminous paints based on radioactive emissions from radium striking a phosphor such as...

Marie Curie: the woman who opened the nuclear age

8 Mar 2017

The hundred or so eminent scientists and diplomats who had assembled for the ceremony had no trouble recognizing the visitor as she walked into the East Room of the White House on the arm of...

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