Nuclear chemistry – Page 2
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ResearchBizarre ice XVIII is an oxygen ion crystal swimming in a sea of protons
High pressure superionic form of water may hold clues to behaviour of giant icy planets in our solar system
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OpinionThe criteria for discovering a new element
Why the rules are changing in the search for superheavies
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ResearchPutting water in a spin harnesses proton magnetism
Exceptionally high rotation speed NMR measures the nuclear Barnett effect
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NewsHow do you scrap a nuclear submarine?
The UK is facing a £7.5 billion bill to dismantle its 20 defunct vessels
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NewsRules for element discovery get superheavy revamp
Chemistry and physics federations also define what counts as a ‘beyond superheavy element’
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FeatureHahn, Meitner and the discovery of nuclear fission
80 years ago, Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner made a discovery that led to nuclear weapons – yet Meitner was never given the recognition she deserved
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FeatureThe nuclear option
Using radioisotopes to image inside patients’ bodies – nuclear medicine – is under threat from ageing reactors. James Mitchell Crow discovers the new science trying to fix the problem
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ResearchLaser spectroscopy offers first glimpse at nobelium nuclei
Adapted technique offers experimental insights to theorists studying superheavy elements
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FeatureOak Ridge at 75
As Oak Ridge National Laboratory celebrates its 75th anniversary, Kit Chapman visits the birthplace of the atomic age
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ResearchTech red unmasked
An unusual oxide of radioactive technetium reveals its secrets after 50 years
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ResearchLightning strikes cause nuclear reactions in the atmosphere
Thunderstorms are a previously unrecognised natural source of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen isotopes
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ResearchChernobyl disaster mystery solved
A nuclear explosion – not high pressure steam – started the chain reaction of events that destroyed the reactor
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ResearchTagging drugs with heavy hydrogen made as easy as flicking a light switch
Photoredox reaction simplifies metabolism studies by swapping hydrogen for deuterium or tritium
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OpinionSolving the technetium medical isotope shortage
The UK has a solution to the potential shortage of technetium-99m – but that’s no reason to be complacent about leaving Euratom
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NewsWarnings that radiochemistry is dying
Critical nuclear know-how is dwindling as the younger generation avoid this vital field
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ResearchFirst uranium–rhodium bond shows that shorter is not stronger
Complex with one of the shortest uranium–transition metal bonds ever reported is unstable in solution
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Feature
What it takes to make a new element
Yuri Oganessian tells us how nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson were made
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ResearchTitanic calculations reveal nickel isotope is ‘doubly magic’
Supercomputer confirms nickel-78 is highly stable
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