Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators have synthesized a new isotope—protactinium-210—for the first time. It is the most ...

A research team led by Chinese scientists has synthesized a novel, extremely neutron-deficient isotope, protactinium-210, for the first time, laying the foundation for new element synthesis ...

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In 1980, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) observed that protactinium, a chemical element generated in thorium reactors, could be separated and allowed to decay to isotopically pure ...