News tagged with deuterium atom

Fusion researchers see frozen pellet tech as way to control ITER's plasma as well as fuel it

(PhysOrg.com) -- Heated to extreme temperatures of up to 150 million degrees Celsius, the plasma in ITER's giant experimental fusion reactor will be fed a fuel of frozen pellets of deuterium-tritium, fired ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 51

Chemists shed light on sun's role mixing up molecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Sydney scientists have discovered a startling new mechanism where sunlight can rearrange the atoms of molecules to form new chemical substances.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fruit flies can detect heavy hydrogen: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by researchers in Greece and the US has found that fruit flies can discriminate between normal and heavy hydrogen (deuterium) isotopes, which adds weight to a new theory of how ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

New project aims for fusion ignition

Russia and Italy have entered into an agreement to build a new fusion reactor outside Moscow that could become the first such reactor to achieve ignition, the point where a fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 10, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (44) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

Heavy Pyridine Crystallizes Differently

(PhysOrg.com) -- The nuclei of ordinary hydrogen atoms contain only a single proton. If a neutron is added, the hydrogen becomes deuterium. In principle, molecules that contain deuterium in place of hydrogen ...

Chemistry /

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0