Scientists Take a Major Step Toward Solving the Mystery of the Universe’s Rarest Isotopes

A new experiment using rare-isotope beams has provided new insight into the origin of proton-rich isotopes known as p-nuclei.

Helium supply shock highlights fragile global market, D3 Energy CEO says

A fresh squeeze in global helium markets is sending prices sharply higher and exposing just how fragile the supply chain for the critical industrial gas has become — and why a new generation of ...
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56 scientific facts that are weirder than sci-fi

There is so much information about the world and life itself out there that it’s almost unfathomable. And every now and then, you will learn new information that will blow your mind into a thousand ...

Scientists harness quantum tunneling to boost heavy water production efficiency

A study by scientists at Hunan University introduces a new hydrogen isotope separation method that leverages proton quantum ...
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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 ...
PNAS

Leveraging the kinetic isotope effect by compact H-bond motifs for electrochemical hydrogen isotope separation

We gratefully acknowledge the National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFA1500900). The project is also supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22472049, 22402230, 22425021) and ...
CNN

The fuel set to propel NASA’s moon crew is notorious for leaking. So why use it?

If all had gone according to plan, four astronauts might have been returning just this week from a history-making, 10-day slingshot trip around the moon. Instead, NASA’s engineers have been grappling ...
Los Angeles Times

Blending hydrogen into gas pipelines would enrich utilities and harm Californians

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The people of Orange Cove in Fresno County could soon be an unwilling part of an experiment in dangerous, ...
Inc

This Startup’s Creation Is Hotter than the Sun—and It Just Set a Nuclear Fusion Record

A nuclear fusion startup just hit a hot new milestone. Everett, Washington-based Helion Energy announced that its nuclear fusion prototype reactor achieved plasma temperatures of about 270 million ...
Astronomy

Amino acids in Bennu may have formed differently

When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission brought back samples from asteroid 101955 Bennu, researchers found that they contained amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life. Amino acids are the molecules ...
The Forward

Here’s exactly why it’s dangerous to compare ICE to Nazis

It may feel morally clarifying to compare ICE to Nazis in moments of outrage. But those comparisons are also historically inaccurate and politically counterproductive. Nazism remains historically ...