For the first time, researchers have developed a way to create chilled molecules containing the radioactive element radium.

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The element radium can be found in extremely tiny amounts in the Earth’s crust and oceans, and in its pure form it is a soft silvery metal. To an untrained eye, a small piece of radium may look like a ...