News tagged with isotopes
Ice Age baby mammoth on display at French museum
(AP) -- After tens of thousands of years under the Siberian frost, a baby woolly mammoth is taking a summer vacation in southeast France.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 16, 2010 |
5 / 5 (4) |
1
SNM cautions that Canada's Chalk River coming back online will not solve long-term isotope shortage
SNM is optimistic that the anticipated recommencement of the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)-run National Research Universal (NRU) reactor in Chalk River, Canada, will provide short-term relief to the isotope shortage ...
Jul 08, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Canadian medical reactor gets nod to restart
Canada's nuclear safety commission authorized Wednesday the restarting of a reactor that produced one-third of the world's supply of medical isotopes before it closed for repairs last year.
Jul 07, 2010 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Optical imaging could create pathway for radiotracers, study finds
A study published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) reports on investigative research of a novel optical imaging technique called "Cerenkov luminescence imaging (CLI)." According to the authors, the te ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Hatchery fish are going well . . . and wild
(PhysOrg.com) -- Young mulloway fish reared in hatcheries and released in New South Wales waters are adapting quickly and well to life in the wild, a new study has found.
Jun 18, 2010 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
2
Cyclotrons could alleviate medical isotope shortage
The most widely used medical radioisotope, Technetium-99m (Tc-99m), is essential for an estimated 70,000 medical imaging procedures that take place daily around the world. Aging reactors, production intermittencies and threats ...
Jun 07, 2010 |
not rated yet |
1
The Earth and Moon formed later than previously thought
The Earth and Moon were created as the result of a giant collision between two planets the size of Mars and Venus. Until now it was thought to have happened when the solar system was 30 million years old or ...
Jun 07, 2010 |
4.4 / 5 (28) |
26
|
Oasis near Death Valley fed by ancient aquifer under Nevada Test Site
Every minute, 10,000 gallons of water mysteriously gush out of the desert floor at a place called Ash Meadows, an oasis that is home to 24 plant and animal species found nowhere else in the world.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 03, 2010 |
4.7 / 5 (6) |
0
NDE methods for evaluating ancient coins could be worth their weight in gold
Demonstrating that chemistry sometimes can inform history, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Colorado College and Mount Saint Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md., have shown that sensitive ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 27, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Physicists pin down the proton-halo state in Flourine-17
A halo nucleus has one or more nucleons that are only weakly bound to the nuclear core. Consequently, they drift far away from it, forming, in effect, a halo. These nuclei are difficult to study because their lives are both ...
May 26, 2010 |
4.2 / 5 (5) |
4
|
Team first to directly measure body temperatures of extinct vertebrates
Was Tyrannosaurus rex cold-blooded? Did birds regulate their body temperatures before or after they began to grow feathers? Why would evolution favor warm-bloodedness when it has such a high energy cost?
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 24, 2010 |
4.9 / 5 (15) |
5
|
Study: Meteorites point to our solar system as source of organic materials
Tiny meteorites found in ultra-pure Antarctic snow may provide scientists with evidence that the building blocks of life may have come from within our own solar system, rather than from the far reaches of ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 11, 2010 |
4.9 / 5 (11) |
2
Ancient leaves help researchers understand future climate
Potential climate change caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide might be better understood by examining fossil plant remains from millions of years ago, according to biogeochemists. The types of carbon within the leaves ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 06, 2010 |
4.3 / 5 (6) |
0
|
Bald eagle diet shift enhances conservation
An unprecedented study of bald eagle diet, from about 20,000 to 30,000 years ago to the present, will provide wildlife managers with unique information for reintroducing Bald Eagles to the Channel Islands ...
May 03, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Particle 'mousetrap' could help answer gnawing cosmic questions
Capturing fleeting bits of matter to reveal the nature of the universe is a little like trying to trap incredibly tiny, impossibly speedy mice alive.
Apr 29, 2010 |
4.5 / 5 (6) |
4
|
