Earth's heavy metals result of supernova explosion
That gold on your ring finger is stellar—and not just in a complimentary way.
Astronomy
Jun 13, 2019
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News tagged with nuclear reactions
World's second EPR nuclear reactor starts work in China
A next-generation EPR nuclear reactor in China has carried out its first chain reaction, French energy giant EDF announced Wednesday, becoming the second using the much-delayed European technology to reach the milestone.
Energy & Green Tech
May 29, 2019
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Plant discovery opens frontiers
University of Adelaide researchers have discovered a biochemical mechanism fundamental to plant life that could have far-reaching implications for the multibillion dollar biomedical, pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnology ...
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2019
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High-fidelity simulations point the way to optimizing heat transfer in current and next-generation reactors
Engineers must manage a maelstrom in the core of operating nuclear reactors. Nuclear reactions deposit an extraordinary amount of heat in the fuel rods, setting off a frenzy of boiling, bubbling, and evaporation in surrounding ...
General Physics
Apr 23, 2019
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New device in Z machine measures power for nuclear fusion
If you're chasing the elusive goal of nuclear fusion and think you need a bigger reactor to do the job, you first might want to know precisely how much input energy emerging from the wall plug is making it to the heart of ...
General Physics
Apr 11, 2019
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Collaboration enables investigation of the origin of heavy elements
A team of experts in atomic physics, nuclear fusion, and astronomy has computed high-accuracy atomic data for analyzing light from a kilonova, a birth place of heavy elements. They found that their new data set could predict ...
Astronomy
Mar 12, 2019
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Measurements yield precise atomic masses for nuclear reactions in the stars
Matter is composed of chemical elements mainly created in stars via nuclear reactions and complex nuclear reaction networks. To understand these processes, we need to know properties of participating nuclei, such as their ...
Astronomy
Mar 08, 2019
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Periodic table: new version warns of elements that are endangered
It is amazing to think that everything around us is made up from just 90 building blocks – the naturally occurring chemical elements. Dmitri Mendeleev put the 63 of these known at the time into order and published his first ...
Materials Science
Jan 24, 2019
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Zirconium isotope a master at neutron capture
The probability that a nucleus will absorb a neutron is important to many areas of nuclear science, including the production of elements in the cosmos, reactor performance, nuclear medicine and defense applications.
General Physics
Jan 17, 2019
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Chemists find a new tool for understanding enzymes—Google
Yale scientists have taken a novel approach to unraveling the complex structure and regulation of enzymes: They Googled it.
Biochemistry
Dec 11, 2018
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