Decay

Putrefaction is a natural process of decay. Microorganisms break down organic materials. Usually it occurs after the death of a plant or an animal. The...

Radioactive decay happens to some chemical elements. Most chemical elements are stable. Stable elements are made up of atoms that stay the same. Even...

In nuclear physics, beta decay is a type of radioactive decay where a beta particle (an electron or a positron) is made and sent away, or emitted. When...

Proton decay is a theory that a proton could decay into two small particles, a pion and a positron. This would be a new type of radioactive decay. So far...

Half-Life: Decay is a multiplayer expansion pack for Half-Life. Created by Gearbox Software and published by Sierra, Decay was released as part of the...

Urban decay is the process in which a city or area goes into conditions of disrepair or becomes decrepit or filled with blight. Urban decay involves white...

is like an electron, but it is 200 times heavier. Unlike an electron, it decays into other particles. The superparticle of a muon is called a "smuon." Muons...

the actinium decay series as the daughter isotope of actinium-227. Francium-223 then decays into radium-223 by beta decay (1.149 MeV decay energy), with...

as radioactive decay. When they decay, they release particles such as alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays. Sometimes they decay by fission, which...

bosons are only known to be created under Beta decay, which is a form of radioactive decay. Beta decay occurs when there are a lot of neutrons in an atom...

The term dental caries refers to tooth decay or cavities in teeth. The decay comes from normal bacteria in your mouth. When you eat sugar, these bacteria...

1.2%) involved with the decay of some pions, as they can also decay into different forms. For π+, the second most likely decay product is one positron...

particles when they go through a kind of radioactive decay, known as alpha decay. During alpha decay, the atomic nucleus releases an alpha particle. The...

and can decay. Also, τ+ and τ– can annihilate each other in a form of decay. When a single tauon decays, it is the only lepton that can decay into hadrons...

the W and Z bosons, which are gauge bosons. The weak force causes beta decay, a form of radioactivity. At extremely high energy levels, the force of...

Channel drift, also called network decay, is when a television channel moves away from its original shows to get a new audience, or to get higher ratings...

total spin of 3/2 for a hyperon. This quickly decays into a 1/2 spin particle. Hyperons themselves decay due to weak force. There are dozens of different...

resistance to decay against strong force and electromagnetism. This means that any particle that contains a strange quark cannot decay due to strong force...

decayed in an observation, so scientists believe that protium is a stable isotope. New theories of particle physics predict that a proton can decay,...

not stable so they change to another isotope or element by radioactive decay. These are called radioactive isotopes. Others are not radioactive. These...