How do you date the disappearance of something? That is what Curtin University geologist Milo Barham asked, summarizing the ...

Think Earth is just a static rock? Dive deep, and you'll find a dynamic world where metals leak, water seeps, and its insides ...

Now, we have to consider the possibility that fractional crystallization can also affect iron isotopes in these bodies. Science, 2008. DOI: 10.1126/science.1157166. Ethan Gutmann.

A new seaborgium isotope may unlock the path to discovering even shorter-lived superheavy nuclei through K-isomer states. An ...

Iron Isotopes As A Tool In Oceanography Date: August 4, 2009 Source: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton Summary: New research highlights the potential utility of iron isotopes for ...

Nuclei with varying numbers of neutrons are called isotopes of an element. So, isotopes of iron include iron-54 with 26 protons and 28 neutrons, iron-56 with 26 protons and 30 neutrons, and iron ...

The number of protons defines what element it is: 8 for oxygen, 26 for iron, and 79 for gold. ... for some atoms with shorter half-lives. Isotopes such as strontium-90, caesium-137, ...

The team is looking to improve ways of hunting for a radioactive isotope of iron called "iron-60" in lunar dust. An illustration shows the death of a massive star in a supernova explosion.

An Iron Age nailed head found in Ullastret, Spain. Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya MAC-Ullastret a De Prado, 2015. In their study, the researchers investigated seven severed and nailed skulls ...

Radioactive isotopes of iron and calcium, which would be absorbed by the body the same as the non-radioactive kind, could be traced with Geiger counters. ...

New research involving scientists from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, highlights the potential utility of iron isotopes for addressing important questions in ocean science. The ...