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Originally Posted by Hanni
It's a mystery that presented itself unexpectedly: The radioactive decay of some elements sitting quietly in laboratories on Earth seemed to be influenced by activities inside the sun, 93 million miles away.
Is this possible?
Researchers from Stanford and Purdue University believe it is. But their explanation of how it happens opens the door to yet another mystery.
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/a...un-082310.html |
This is very interesting to me as I am in the field of Nuclear Medicine and therefore we deal with radioactive medical isotopes.
However, if this is proven correct it could have wide-ranging implications for all of science. For example, scientists would have to decide how accurate radioistope dating techniques can be considered and if there is a way to adjust for these changes in decay rate.