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Building Atoms, Ions and Isotopes HD Lite

One of the earliest topics encountered by students of chemistry is atomic theory (the structure of the atom). The Building Atoms, Ions and Isotopes HD Lite app is a free app by Carolina Biological ...
IFLScience

First New Heavy Isotope Of Radioactive Uranium Discovered In Over 40 Years

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

'Mismatched' plant water isotopes vanish with better sampling: Study points to better drought forecasts

For decades, scientists have relied on a chemical fingerprint inside water molecules to determine where plants get their moisture. The method shaped our understanding of drought resilience, ...
Nature

The Evolution of Atoms and Isotopes

THE author of this pamphlet proposes, with the help of a bi-polar electron, to explain the evolution of atoms and to abolish positive electricity. He has been stimulated by the discovery of isotopes ...
Columbus Dispatch

At an MSU lab, the secrets of the atom — and the universe — are being discovered

At a large, new facility on Michigan State University's campus, the boundaries of nuclear science are being taken further than they've ever gone before. And scientists from around the world are lining ...
The Brown Daily Herald

Ancient plant wax preserved in lakes reveals insights into climate patterns

Some researchers are seeking out the ancient history of these patterns in a substance that may be unexpected to some: plant wax. The study, coauthored by Daniel Ibarra, an assistant professor of Earth ...
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For the First Time, Scientists Caught Atoms Freely Interacting in Space—and It Was Stunning

Until now, atoms have never been imaged interacting freely in space, but a new technique known as non-resolved microscopy has changed that. MIT physicists were able to successfully capture images of ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Tiny atomic tweak turns silicon into a high-efficiency light source for quantum internet

In the strange world of quantum physics, even the tiniest tweak can unlock outsized rewards.
The Conversation

Powerful linear accelerator begins smashing atoms – 2 scientists on the team explain how it could reveal rare forms of matter

Sean Liddick receives funding from the Department of Energy . Artemis Spyrou receives funding from the National Science Foundation in the U.S. Just a few hundred feet from where we are sitting is a ...
The New York Times

Extraterrestrial Plutonium Atoms Turn Up on Ocean Bottom

The rare form of the element found on the Pacific seabed points to its violent birth in colliding stars. By William J. Broad Scientists studying a sample of oceanic crust retrieved from the Pacific ...