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Author Archives: Camille
Gas separation with graphene nanopores
5/15/2012 Scientists in New Zealand, the US and Germany have developed a way of using tiny pores in a graphene sheet to separate different isotopes of helium. By creating nanoscale holes in the material, the researchers calculated that it should … Continue reading
Yellowstone super-volcano less super, more active
5/15/2012 The Natural Environment Research Council’s Tamera Jones explores surprising new research concerning volcanic eruptions in Yellowstone National Park The biggest volcanic eruption in Yellowstone’s long geological history may have been made up of two distinct events 6000 years apart, … Continue reading
Stable Isotopes for Mammal Studies
5/15/2012 Stable isotope analysis can used to determine migration, diet, niche, parasite–host interactions, or condition of mammalian species. You’ve just got to know the tricks of the trade. (A mass spectrometer comes in handy, too.) Read more here.
Mercury heats up forum on Great Salt Lake
5/11/2012 Great Salt Lake near Antelope Island in 2008. Regulations approved last year should cut mercury emissions nationwide by 50 to 70 percent. That reduction, which must take place within three years, will make the United States a world leader … Continue reading
New round of federal funding received for $85 million medical isotope project
5/9/2012 The Morgridge Institute for Research has received a $20.6 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration to support development of a new process and manufacturing plant for a medical isotope needed by tens … Continue reading
Tropical Caves Shed Light on Ancient Climate Change
5/9/2012 Almost everything we know about noteworthy climate shifts such as ice ages comes from the cold northern latitudes. Polar ice cores and North Atlantic deep ocean sediments have revealed global glaciations and jumps in temperature and greenhouse gases such … Continue reading
Gamma ray optics: A viable tool for a new branch of scientific discovery
5/9/2012 Scientists at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) have demonstrated for the first time that gamma rays, a highly energetic form of light produced by radioactive decay of atomic nuclei and amongst other [things] used to kill cancer cells, can be … Continue reading
Pollution tracker
5/9/2012 UD’s Jaisi wins ORAU Powe Award to track down nutrient pollutant in Chesapeake Too much of a good thing can kill you, the saying goes. Such is the case in the Chesapeake Bay, North America’s largest estuary, where … Continue reading
Investigation Into Trout Populations Will Yield Unprecedented Data
5/7/2012 A Norwegian-led international research team in collaboration with the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN), headquartered at Dalhousie University, in Canada, is launching a 1.1 million Norwegian kroner (C$190,626) study that will place acoustic tags on Norwegian sea trout (Salmo trutta). … Continue reading
Joint European Stable Isotope Users Group Meeting – JESIUM 2012
4/30/2012 Stable isotope methodologies have become a crucial research tool in a wide range of scientific fields. The purpose of the meeting is to bring together a broad range of stable isotope scientists from all over the world, to encourage … Continue reading