China has achieved a breakthrough in production of an ultra-pure form of silicon, a critical material needed to build silicon-based quantum computers, as Beijing accelerates its drive to cut reliance ...

Chinese scientists have made a major breakthrough in the field of stable isotope enrichment, successfully realizing mass production of silicon-28 isotopes with an abundance exceeding 99.99 percent for ...

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A global company founded by Bill Gates has selected a long-vacant South Philadelphia site - once home to the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery - for a new $450 million ...

The copper isotope Cu-64 plays an important role in medicine: It is used in imaging processes and also shows potential for cancer therapy. However, it does not occur naturally and must be produced ...

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TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinectrics, a division of BWX Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BWXT), announced today the completion of a major expansion to its isotope production capabilities, reinforcing its role ...

Scientists have observed a brand-new and exotic atomic nucleus: aluminium-20. Unlike anything seen before, it decays through a stunning three-proton emission sequence, shedding light on nuclear ...

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Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators have synthesized a new isotope—protactinium-210—for the first time. It is the most ...

This isotope is found at a ratio of about one per 2,500 helium-4 ions, the latter being the common version of helium. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.