[ RadSafe ] The strange case of solar flares and radioactive elements

[Nielsen.Erik at epamail.epa.gov]

We may all need to reconsider the immutability of an isotope's half-life 
and the possibility of new, elementary particle.

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/august/sun-082310.html

Erik C. Nielsen
Health Physicist
USEPA, National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory
540 South Morris Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36115
Phone 334-270-3475
Fax 334-270-3454

"The sun formed 4.5 billion years ago, but it's got 6 billion more before 
the fuel runs out. Any creatures witnessing the sun's demise 6 billion 
years hence, here on Earth or beyond, won't be human - they'll be as 
different from us as we are from bacteria."
Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, President of the Royal Society of 
London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge.