Category Archives: For the Professional

A section dedicated to more advanced literature, posts and technical data

End of the magic: Shell model for beryllium isotopes invalidated – insciences

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Camille

4/6/2012 Surprises in beryllium-12 isotope research A research group led by Professor Dr. Wilfried Nörtershäuser has, for the first time, managed to measure the size of the charge distribution in the atomic nucleus of the highly exotic beryllium-12 isotope. Read … Continue reading →

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SNM 2012 Annual Meeting

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Camille

3/15/2012 The Society of Nuclear Medicine announces its 2012 annual meeting June 9-13, 2012 Miami Beach, Florida Click here for attendees and exhibitors.

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Radioactive Isotope Decay Calculator

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Camille

3/15/2012 Check out this site for a myriad of free online calculators.

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Dineutron emission seen for the first time

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Camille

03/15/2012 Physicists in the US claim to have witnessed, for the first time, the emission of a neutron pair in the decay of an atomic nucleus. Such “dineutron” decay could extend our understanding of the strong force, which is responsible … Continue reading →

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Netherlands nuke reactor passes emergency disaster tests

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Camille

3/7/2012 The nuclear installations in Petten, The Netherlands, can withstand extreme conditions including flooding events and earthquakes, or a combination of both. This is shown by the results of an in-depth stress test that were sent by Minister Verhagen (the … Continue reading →

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Laser fusion nears crucial milestone

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Camille

3/7/2012 National Ignition Facility approaches energy break-even point, but uncertainty over next step persists. This could be the year the National Ignition Facility (NIF) finally lives up to its name. The facility, which boasts the world’s largest laser, is designed … Continue reading →

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New maker of radioactive isotopes enters market

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Camille

3/7/2012 Best Theratronics Ltd., plans to begin making radioactive isotopes used in cancer treatments and medical imaging, answering a worldwide demand created by repeated shutdowns and an uncertain future for the government-owned Chalk River reactor in Ontario. With Thursday’s announcement, … Continue reading →

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Wet Deposition of Fission-Product Isotopes to North America from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Incident, March 2011

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Camille

2/27/2012 Abstract Using the infrastructure of the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP), numerous measurements of radionuclide wet deposition over North America were made for 167 NADP sites before and after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station incident of March 12, … Continue reading →

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Positron seeks to bolster cardiac PET’s rubidium-82 supply

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Camille

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 →

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The 2012 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Camille

1/25/2012 The 2012 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine is awarded to the German specialist in systems biology Matthias Mann, Director of the Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction at the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, and to the British biologist Fiona … Continue reading →

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