Ernest Rutherford visited Stockholm in December 1908 to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his “investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive ...

Hydrocarbons, which are an essential component of crude oil and natural gas, form under pressure and high temperatures in the deep ocean floor. In the Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California, ...

The copper isotope Cu-64 plays an important role in medicine: It is used in imaging processes and also shows potential for cancer therapy. However, it does not occur naturally and must be produced ...

What comes to mind when you think about isotopes? Radioactivity, perhaps? That’s only the tip of the iceberg. A new interactive periodic table of the elements and isotopes, launched last month by the ...

The past October marked an exciting time for those in the field of isotopic science. Two brand new approaches to isolate and enrich light elements have been reported. Although a variety of elements ...

This friction causes dust grains to become electrically charged, sometimes strongly enough to produce tiny electrostatic ...

Jacob Bigeleisen, a chemist who worked on the development of the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project and helped discover new ways of analyzing chemical reactions, died Aug. 7 in Arlington, Va ...

The respected chemical supplier Alfa Chemistry now offers a complete range of isotope-labeled standards and reference materials. The launch of this product line targets the specific requirements of ...