The probability that a nucleus will absorb a neutron is important to many areas of nuclear science, including the production of elements in the cosmos, reactor performance, nuclear medicine and ...

When radiochemist Jennifer Shusterman and her colleagues got the first results of their experiment, no one expected what they saw: Atoms of a weird version of the element zirconium had ...

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LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - Following are some facts about zirconium used to clad fuel rods containing uranium for the production of nuclear energy. FROM ZIRCON SAND TO NUCLEAR ENERGY Sign up here. * ...

A team of astronomers led by graduate student Naslim and supervisor Simon Jeffery from Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland has found what at first sight appears to be the most zirconium-rich star ...

Novel solutions provided by nanoparticles have become an important part of biotechnology, ceramics, semiconductors, electronics and medicine. Nanoparticles can exhibit unique behaviors due to ...

Nanotechnology has advanced leaps and bounds in the recent past. Applications of nanoparticles have entered into a variety of fields such as electronics, cosmetics, medicine and bio technology. This ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have discovered an unusual new type of phase transformation in the transition metal zirconium. The mechanism underlying this new type of phase ...

Keepers of precise periodic tables, it’s time to make some changes. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (IUPAC CIAAW) has issued ...