News articles tagged with 'uranium'
Test shows dinosaurs survived mass extinction by 700,000 years
— 28 Jan 2011 17:24 | Geology and palaeontologyUniversity of Alberta researchers determined that a fossilised dinosaur bone found in New Mexico confounds the long established paradigm that the age of dinosaurs ended between 65.5…
'Fracking' mobilises uranium in marcellus shale
— 26 Oct 2010 14:02 | EnvironmentScientific and political disputes over drilling Marcellus shale for natural gas have focused primarily on the environmental effects of pumping millions of gallons of water and chemicals…
Graphene oxide gets green
— 23 Jul 2010 09:41 | Technology'We can make you and we can break you.' If Rice University scientists wrote country songs, their ode to graphene oxide would start something like that. But this song wouldn't break…
Cyclotrons could alleviate medical isotope shortage
— 8 Jun 2010 13:15 | HealthThe most widely used medical radioisotope, Technetium-99m (Tc-99m), is essential for an estimated 70,000 medical imaging procedures that take place daily around the world. Ageing reactors,…
Scientists capture secret dance of electrons that causes them to change form
— 3 Jun 2010 14:40 | PhysicsScientists have captured the first images of electrons that appear to take on extraordinary mass under certain extreme conditions, thus solving a 25-year mystery about how electrons…
First images of heavy electrons in action
— 2 Jun 2010 17:00 | PhysicsUsing a microscope designed to image the arrangement and interactions of electrons in crystals, scientists have captured the first images of electrons that appear to take on extraordinary…
New 'doubly magic' research reveals role of nuclear shell
— 2 Jun 2010 15:45 | PhysicsResearchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the University of Tennessee (UT) and six collaborating universities have performed an unprecedented nuclear…
Microorganisms in toxic groundwater fine-tuned to survive
— 30 Mar 2010 11:17 | EnvironmentMicroorganisms can indeed live in extreme environments, but the ones that do are highly adapted to survive and little else, according to a collaboration that includes Department of…
Cave reveals Southwest's abrupt climate swings during Ice Age
— 21 Jan 2010 13:44 | EnvironmentIce Age climate records from an Arizona stalagmite link the Southwest's winter precipitation to temperatures in the North Atlantic, according to new research…
Heavy metals accumulate more in some mushrooms than in others
— 31 Oct 2009 14:32 | EnvironmentA research team from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) has analysed the presence of heavy metals in 12 species of mushroom collected from non-contaminated natural areas, and…