Exotic nuclei near and beyond the proton drip line exhibit a range of unique decay processes, including β-delayed proton ...

Volatiles are crucial for sustaining life and Earth's habitability, with subduction zones being the main pathways for these ...

Upgrades and new research at Argonne National Laboratory are helping physicists push boundaries, from basic science to the ...

Particle-accelerator study focuses on the r-process thought to be responsible for forming elements heavier than iron ...

Using radioactive isotope systems to determine the age and origins of minerals and rocks, primarily as tracers of magmatic processes and the evolution of the earth. Organic molecules in natural waters ...

bound-state beta decay, in fully ionized thallium-205 (²⁰⁵Tl⁸¹⁺) ions at the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR) of GSI/FAIR in Germany. This breakthrough sheds new light on how the radioactive isotope ...

WHEN the element holmium is irradiated with slow neutrons the radioactive isotope holmium-166 is produced. This decays by β-emission to the stable isotope of erbium, Er 166.

The BV100 harnesses energy from the radioactive decay of its nickel ... efficiently converts the isotope's decay into electricity. Its modular structure allows for scalability, with multiple ...

Credit: Photo courtesy of Su-Il In However, In notes that this betavoltaic design currently converts only a small fraction of radioactive decay into ... selecting the isotope and optimizing ...

Some twenty years ago the problem of the treatment of thyroid cancer seemed solved. Some cancers were functioning or could be made to function with TSH. All that was necessary was to deliver ...

Isotope hydrology helps governments find and understand the source of their water supplies – so they can develop management systems to reduce the risks of conflict and build resilience to drought.