Astatine is the rarest naturally occurring element on Earth and one of the least studied within the periodic table, mostly because it lives up to its name, which is the Greek word for "unstable." ...

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A research team from the Graduate School of Medicine at Osaka University has started an investigator-initiated clinical trial of sodium astatine ([211 At]NaAt) injection for refractory differentiated ...

Studying the infinitesimally rare element astatine can feel like chasing shadows. All of its isotopes are radioactive, the most stable having a half-life of 8 hours, and the estimated stock of ...

A fundamental property of the rarest element on Earth, astatine, has been discovered for the first time, scientists say. Astatine occurs naturally; however, scientists estimate much less than an ounce ...

A team of researchers using the ISOLDE nuclear-physics facility at CERN has measured for the first time the so-called electron affinity of the chemical element astatine, the rarest naturally occurring ...

Researchers gain new insights into how the isotope astatine-211 interacts with resins commonly used to purify the isotope for therapeutic use Targeted Alpha Therapy (TAT) is one of the most powerful ...

Scientists have carried out ground-breaking experiments to investigate the atomic structure of astatine (atomic number 85), the rarest naturally occurring element on Earth. Through experiments ...

Wielding proton beams and lasers, physicists have for the first time unlocked one of the key secrets of the rarest naturally occurring element on Earth: astatine. It's so rare that until recently, ...

NEW ORLEANS, May 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The first-ever U.S.-based meeting of the World Astatine Community will take place June 19-20, 2025 at the Sheraton in downtown New Orleans. The event will ...