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Category Archives: Uses for Isotopes
PostDoc in Structural, Metamorphic and Isotope Geology
2/16/2012 University of Oulu (Finland) Department of Geosciences The project will be part of a major ongoing geoscience consortium “Evolution of the 3D structure of the Svecofennian bedrock.” Consortium members are the Universities of Helsinki, Turku, Oulu, Åbo Akademi and … Continue reading
Trees with tales to tell
2/16/2012 Researchers find clues about changing climate in redwoods’ old rings In a small room tucked away in an obscure corner of Southern Oregon University’s Science Building, Kenneth Olejar positions himself on a pillow atop a gigantic, 6-foot-wide slab of … Continue reading
From accelerator to patient
2/16/2012 In 1930, Ernest Lawrence observed a curious aspect of his new atom-smashing accelerator, the cyclotron: The decaying isotopes it produced continued to emit gamma rays long after emerging from the collisions that produced them. When Ernest told his brother … Continue reading
So what have the Romans ever done for us?
2/16/2012 Ireland’s links with the Roman empire are being investigated in a new archaeological project in which science plays a large part FIRST CENTURY AD. The Roman General Agricola reportedly says he can take and hold Ireland with a single … Continue reading
Feds looking to put AECL nuclear labs on the block
2/10/2012 The Conservative government is testing the waters for the sale of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.’s nuclear research labs. Ottawa is now seeking companies to “participate in, invest in and/or manage the laboratories.”
Radioisotope Recipe Lacks One Ingredient: Cash
2/10/2012 For years, scientists and policy makers have been trying to address two improbably linked problems that hinge on a single radioactive isotope: how to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation, and how to assure supplies of a material … Continue reading
Isotopes hint at North Korean nuclear test
2/10/2012 Data suggest that the country has experimented with a fusion boost to its fission weapons. North Korea may have conducted two covert nuclear weapons tests in 2010, according to a fresh analysis of radioisotope data. The claim has … Continue reading
Moynier awarded young scientist honors
2/06/2012 Houtermans Award, Nier Prize go to WUSTL assistant professor Frédéric Moynier, PhD, 33, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences and a member of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences at … Continue reading
Positron seeks to bolster cardiac PET’s rubidium-82 supply
2/06/2012 PET developer Positron has labored literally for decades to make cardiac PET a clinical reality. The company’s effort was paying off until late last year, when the market got sidetracked by a disruption in the supply of rubidium-82, the … Continue reading
Nuclear Fusion: The Power Source of the Future … the Far Off Future
2/02/2012 Ah, fusion. Long promised, both on Do the Math and in real life, fusion is regarded as the ultimate power source—the holy grail—the “arrival” of the human species. Talk of fusion conjures visions of green fields and rainbows and … Continue reading