Nuclear chemistry – Page 3
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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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FeatureWhat 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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PodcastUranium dioxide
This week’s compound has had a glowing career in the arts and a runaway success in the energy sector
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BusinessQuotient ups carbon-14 quota with recycling plant
Plant may provide a solution to the supply shortage of the radiolabel barium [C-14] carbonate
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FeatureDating the age of humans
Physical science is helping archaeologists close in on the real answers behind the mysteries of human evolution, finds Ida Emilie Steinmark
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – May 2015
We find out how nanotoxicology could be holding back development, and ask if ‘patent or perish’ should be the new academic adage
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OpinionA century of isotopes
Once appalled by the military use of his discoveries, Frederick Soddy would pleased by his legacy today, says Mark Peplow
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NewsPlutonium in a spin
Japanese and US researchers have solved the decades-old problem of plutonium-239’s NMR spectrum
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FeatureGlenn Seaborg: plutonium and beyond
Mike Sutton reports on Glenn Seaborg's adventures among the actinides
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Feature
Transmutations and isotopes
Frederick Soddy's work with Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity shook the foundations of chemistry. Mike Sutton looks at Soddy's remarkable career.
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Opinion
The decline of UK nuclear chemistry
Richard Clegg argues that nuclear chemistry has declined in the UK and considerable investment would be needed for a new-build programme.
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