Where does the periodic table of chemical elements end and which processes lead to the existence of heavy elements?

Fermium studied at GSI/FAIR — Researchers investigate nuclear properties of element 100 with laser light

13-Nov-2024 - An international research team reports on experiments performed at the GSI/FAIR accelerator facility and at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz to come closer to an answer. They gained insight into the structure of atomic nuclei of fermium (element 100) with different numbers of neutrons. Using ...

Breakthrough in hydrogen research: More efficient isotope separation in sight

An international research team has taken a big step towards to realising its dream of separating hydrogen isotopes at room temperature at low cost

23-Sep-2024 - The lightest of all elements, hydrogen, is in great demand due to its promising role as a sustainable resource in the energy transition. A team from Leipzig University and TU Dresden, as part of the Hydrogen Isotopes 1,2,3H Research Training Group, has made an important breakthrough in the ...

Scientists Set the Stage for Quantum Chemistry in Space

17-Nov-2023 - For the first time in space, scientists have produced a mixture of two quantum gases made of two types of atoms. Accomplished with NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory aboard the International Space Station, the achievement marks another step toward bringing quantum technologies currently available only ...

Flexible quantum sieve filters the fuel of Starship Enterprise

A novel separation mechanism for the hydrogen isotopes developed

20-Apr-2022 - Deuterium, the heavy brother of hydrogen, is considered a promising material of the future – because of its wide range of applications: in science, for energy generation, or in the production of pharmaceuticals. However, the extraction of deuterium from its natural isotope mixture has so far been ...

Say hello to a record-setting isotope

Spartans joined an international team to create an isotope of magnesium that’s never been seen before

03-Jan-2022 - In collaboration with an international team of researchers, Michigan State University has helped create the world’s lightest version, or isotope, of magnesium to date. Forged at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at MSU, or NSCL, this isotope is so unstable, it falls apart before ...

Homogeneous hydrogenolysis reaction with molecular palladium catalyst

New method enables simple tritium labeling and could provide added value to the discovery and development of pharmaceuticals

20-Dec-2021 - Tritium 3H, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, is commonly used in medicinal chemistry as a label to follow the course of a drug in the human body. Chemists like to use the technique to evaluate drug candidates and their metabolism. However, synthesis of the radiolabeled molecules is ...

Researchers observe new isotope of fluorine

02-Apr-2021 - Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis reported the first observations of a new form of fluorine, the isotope 13F, described in the journal Physical Review Letters. They made their discovery as part of an experiment conducted at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at ...

Optimized LIBS technique improves analysis of nuclear reactor materials

Ultrafast laser provides better measurements of hydrogen isotopes

03-Feb-2021 - In a new study, investigators report an optimized approach to using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for analyzing hydrogen isotopes. Their new findings could enable improved rapid identification and measurement of hydrogen and other light isotopes that are important in nuclear reactor ...

Nuclear 'magic numbers' collapse beyond the doubly magic nickel 78

06-May-2019 - Scientists from the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Research and collaborators have used the center's heavy ion accelerator, the RI Beam Factory, to demonstrate that nickel 78, a neutron-rich "doubly magic" isotope of nickel with 28 protons and 50 neutrons, still maintains a spherical ...

Examining puzzling sizes of extremely light calcium isotopes

13-Feb-2019 - Michigan State University researchers have measured for the first time the nuclei of three proton-rich calcium isotopes. One of the most fundamental properties of the nucleus is its size. The nuclear radius generally increases with the number of proton and neutron constituents. However, when ...