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Supplying High-Quality Cancer-Imaging Isotopes
New method produces high-purity zirconium-89, a diagnostic radionuclide used to image cancerous tumors.
New method produces high-purity zirconium-89, a diagnostic radionuclide used to image cancerous tumors.
Scientists tame damaging edge instabilities in steady-state conditions required in a fusion reactor.
Spectroscopic measurements reveal that main ions flow much faster than impurities at the edge of fusion-relevant plasmas.
Researchers modeled design concepts for innovative, opposed-piston engine on Titan supercomputer.
Read more about Supercomputing Low-Emission EngineThe two most abundant elements in the universe, hydrogen and helium, were previously thought to be impossible to measure by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
Read more about X-ray Spectroscopy of Hydrogen and HeliumScientists use implanted silicon ions and electricity to increase the spin time of quantum bits, moving closer to the tech needed for quantum networks.
Scientists catch details with atomic resolution, potentially helping design systems to use sunlight and water to produce fuels.
Read more about Atomic Snapshots of PhotosynthesisDirect interactions dominate ion adsorption to aqueous graphene, a process central to vital processes in energy technology.
Soil moisture is key to determining plant growth and nutrient cycling in complex tundra landscapes.
Computer model offers detailed view of water cycling and complex Earth system dynamics.
Scientists investigate a threshold for rapid ice-sheet degradation in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Molecular studies show phage-host interactions are more complicated than most laboratory studies suggest.