Researchers using the KEK Isotope Separation System (KISS) in Japan have created a new isotope of uranium with 149 neutrons to go along with the element’s 92 protons (Phys. Rev. Lett. 2023, DOI: ...

When high-energy radiation interacts with water in living organisms, it generates particles and slow-moving electrons that ...

Molybdenum isotopes have emerged as a key tracer of redox conditions in sedimentary basins, providing valuable insights into the diagenetic processes that govern the distribution and preservation of ...

Hailed as one of the 50 most important women in science, she found ways to study rare radioactive isotopes and advanced the ...

Dedicated at the University of Chicago on October 10, 2016. In 1946, Willard Libby proposed an innovative method for dating organic materials by measuring their content of carbon-14, a newly ...

With five more protons than should be stable, the newly discovered nitrogen-9 isotope sits right on the borderline of physical possibility. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

When a cargo ship carrying fertilizer sank into the Red Sea on March 2, reporters sought out expert insight from none other than Xingchen Wang, professor of earth and environmental sciences at Boston ...

Demand for the ornaments, jewelry, and other luxury items carved from the ivory in elephant tusks has led poachers to decimate elephant populations. An international ban exists on the ivory trade, and ...

2016: Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry ...

The study of barium isotope geochemistry in aquatic systems has evolved into an indispensable tool for deciphering the complex interactions between chemical weathering, mineral precipitation, and ...