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Isotope
Isotope: - A variation of an element that has the same atomic number of protons but a different weight because of the number of neutrons. Various isotopes of the same element may have different radioactive behaviors, some are highly unstable.. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Isotope:: |
Science Daily (press release)Stable water isotope analysis, the chemistry of ice cores taken from the Arctic and Antarctic polar ice caps and of air bubbles trapped in them now allow a
Picarro Expands Global Distribution into South Korea - 04 Aug 2008
Your Renewable News (press release),KNJ Engineering will sell and support Picarro gas and isotope analyzers for environmental applications, including greenhouse gas (CO2,
RNA Snippets Pack Power - 04 Aug 2008
Chemical & Engineering NewsTraditional SILAC (stable isotope labeling of amino acids in cell culture) allows researchers to quantitatively measure protein synthesis in cells but is
UN Finds New Uranium Traces in Iran - 04 Aug 2008
New York Times Blogs,Highly enriched uranium contains 20 percent or more of a rare form of uranium, known as its 235 isotope. Bomb-grade uranium is usually defined as 80 percent
Search this blog - 04 Aug 2008
ScienceBlogs...with the various peaks indicating the trapping of each of the nine stable isotopes of xenon (the transition frequencies for each isotope are very
AMIC announces bid to become fully reporting company - 04 Aug 2008
SmartBrief,Advanced Medical Isotope Corp. recently completed its financial-statements audit and is preparing to file its Form 10 with the Securities and Exchange
Canada must act fast to replace ageing isotope reactor: panel - Jul 28, 2008
National Post,But the design and construction of the MAPLEs were plagued with problems and, before producing even one isotope and running hundreds of millions of dollars
'Massive dysfunctionality' led to isotope crisis: Clement - Jul 29, 2008
CBC.ca,The report says that during the isotope shortage, there was no communication between AECL, which produces the raw materials of most tests performed in
Atomic Isotope Crisis Causes Examined - Aug 1, 2008
Ontario Now,The report that was generated recently by an independent consultant group reveals that during the isotope shortage, the Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd
Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation Announces Intent to File Form 10 - Aug 1, 2008
Primenewswire (press release),For more information visit http://www.srff.com Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation (AMIC) is a medical isotope production company engaged in the production
Report blames communications breakdown for isotope controversy - Jul 28, 2008
The Canadian Press,In the midst of last year's isotope crisis, Health Minister Tony Clement commissioned a group of 10 medical experts to advise the government on the
Chemical and Nd Isotope Constraints on Granitoid Sources Involved ... - Aug 1, 2008
RedOrbit,By Steinhoefel, Grit Hegner, Ernst; Oliver, Grahame JH Abstract: Major- and trace-element data and Nd isotope compositions for granitoid samples from the
Nuclear safety watchdog rejected AECL report into isotope ... - Jul 21, 2008
The Canadian Press,In the wake of the medical isotope controversy, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. was supposed to explain why key safety measures were not in place at its
MDS Sues Canada for Dropping Nuclear Isotope Project (Update2) - Jul 9, 2008
BloombergA medical isotope is a radioactive substance that's injected into a patient and tracked with imaging equipment to diagnose diseased tissue, such as in the
Minister Clement Welcomes "Lessons Learned" Report on Medical ... - Jul 28, 2008
MarketWatchThe group provided valuable information to the Minister and the Department on the health care impacts of the resulting isotope shortage.
Radioactive Russian woman sparks airport evacuation - Jul 24, 2008
AFPThe woman was released when it was established that South Korean doctors had treated her with iodine-131, a radioactive isotope used in nuclear medicine,
Cambridge Isotope Laboratories Acquires Spectra Stable Isotopes - Jul 21, 2008
spectroscopyNOW.com (press release),Cambridge Isotope Laboratories (CIL), the world's leader in the manufacturing of stable isotope labeled research chemicals has acquired the Spectra Stable
Will global warming vanquish ice from Earth? - Jul 30, 2008
Xinhua,The fossils' shells contained a high proportion of oxygen-18, an isotope that increases in the ocean relative to oxygen-16 when water evaporates from the
Canadian Isotope Shutdown Prompts more Talk of FFTF Restart - Jul 20, 2008
KNDO/KNDU,A shutdown of one North America's only medical isotope reactors prompts more talk about restart at Hanford's Fast Flux Test Facility.
Elevated Levels of Radioactive Isotope around Fallon Prompt Study - Jul 10, 2008
KTVN,Nearly a year after the discovery of a radioactive isotope in some wells prompted two dairies to dump milk, federal officials have announced plans to
Proteome Systems, Thermo Fisher, Affinity BioReagents, Cambridge ... - Jul 17, 2008
Proteo Monitor,Cambridge Isotope Laboratories last week acquired Spectra Stable Isotopes for an undisclosed amount. SSI, which had been a division of Spectra Gases,
Tunguska Catastrophe: Evidence Of Acid Rain Supports Meteorite Theory - Jul 15, 2008
Science Daily (press release)Increased concentrations of iridium and nitrogen in the relevant peat layers support the theory that the isotope effects discovered are a consequence of the
US and India Release Text of 123 Agreement - Jul 31, 2008
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),..."Source material" means uranium containing the mixture of isotopes occurring in nature; uranium depleted in the isotope 235; thorium; any of the foregoing
Meltdown of nuclear medicine industry a potential health crisis - Aug 1, 2008
Calgary Herald,But when the resulting isotope shortage placed medical procedures around the world in jeopardy, that decision was overruled by Parliament.
More molybdenum reactors recommended - Jul 30, 2008
the chemical engineer,It also suggests that the Canadian government consider building a new fleet of research reactors to ensure future supply of the critical isotope.
The profit from obesity - Jul 29, 2008
Cosmos,...nowadays, with sophisticated state-of-the-art body movement recorders and stable isotope probes. Yet obesity becomes ever more prevalent.
Ice Age tooth, bones discovered in Saltville - Jul 26, 2008
Southwest Virginia Today,Radiocarbon dating measures the amount of a carbon isotope that remains in the sampled organic material. Its change from the atmospheric level of the
Newfound ambition fuels student’s career - Jul 18, 2008
Arizona State University,Together, they conduct research in the study of isotope effects on environmental systems at the WM Keck Foundation Laboratory for Environmental
Test to verify organic food grown in New Zealand - Jul 7, 2008
FreshPlaza,Karyne Rogers of GNS Science’s Stable Isotope Laboratory in Lower Hutt said the method was an inexpensive way to verify the organic status of vegetables by
Outlook unclear for ORNL program - Jul 6, 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel,..."It's a workhorse isotope in industry," said Dana Christensen, an associate lab director at ORNL. "The public just doesn't realize the many uses of isotopes
Fermilab celebrates new funding - Jul 17, 2008
University of Chicago ChronicleBy Steve Koppes A celebratory mood pervaded the Ramsey Auditorium at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory on Wednesday, July 2. The giant banner hanging
Unhappy time in the isotopes biz - Jul 8, 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel,She also felt the whole setting was intended to intimidate the source manufacturers and isotope suppliers. At one point, all the participants were crowded
Zephyrs come from behind to defeat 'Topes 3-2 - Jul 22, 2008
KOB.com,Despite not factoring in the decision, starter Daniel Barone had one of the most impressive starts by an Isotope all season. The right-hander pitched seven
U-Pb Zircon Dating of Basement Inliers Within the Moine Supergroup ... - Aug 1, 2008
RedOrbit,Correction of isotope ratios for common Pb was based on the measured 204Pb, representing in most cases less than 1% correction to the 206Pb counts (see
Journals week in review: science from Nobel Intent - Jul 26, 2008
Ars Technica,Isotope ratios in individual fossils dating back hundreds of millions of years suggest that the earth's biggest biodiversity boom ever took place after the
A nuclear boost for MSU -- and Michigan - Jul 10, 2008
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com,MSU will face stiff competition to land the $550 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). State and federal leaders will be needed to advocate and,
Gov't urged to replace aging reactors - Jul 28, 2008
Canada.com,But the design and construction of the MAPLEs were plagued with problems and, after never even producing one isotope and running hundreds of millions over
Ancient diamonds push back age of life - Jul 11, 2008
Cosmos,Carbon 12 is thought to accumulate in living organisms because the process of photosynthesis favours it over carbon 13, the other common isotope of the
A new kind of scientist - Aug 1, 2008
Nature.com (subscription),...models can now incorporate the physics of water stable isotopes and compare them to isotope ratios measured directly from ice cores and cave records,
Test developed to verify whether produce is organic - Jul 8, 2008
Radio New Zealand,The test, developed at the GNS isotope laboratory in Lower Hutt, is able to distinguish whether organic or industrial-based fertiliser has been used.
Waiki'i Ranch dust samples show no depleted uranium - Jul 14, 2008
Honolulu Advertiser,The NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory is one of the few labs worldwide that is capable of the extremely sensitive testing that can detect small quantities
Security services not involved in Litvinenko case – Russia - Jul 8, 2008
RussiaToday,Britain believes he was murdered with the highly toxic isotope by another former Russian security officer Andrey Lugovoy, and has asked Moscow to extradite
BJP claims that Congress is misleading the country, says fears ... - Jul 14, 2008
Webnewswire.com,...such as the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology and Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics.
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority - Jul 7, 2008
SFCPressPoint (press release),..."This doping offence was detected as a direct result of ASADA's expanded application of sophisticated isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS) technology to
Full Text - Jul 24, 2008
Science Magazine (subscription)A similar hybrid component, a mixture of ancient recycled crust and peridotites, was also proposed on the basis of Os-He isotope relationships in Icelandic
pSivida initiates Phase IIb pancreatic cancer trial - Jul 8, 2008
Pharmaceutical Business Review...pSivida's BrachySil is an oncology product which comprises a combination of BioSilicon, a porous silicon, and the isotope 32Phosphorus, an anti-cancer
Numa and BioDose collaborate on DICOM Worklist Solution - Jul 8, 2008
Medicexchange,NH), the molecular imaging connectivity and image management company, has signed an agreement with BioDose, a leading supplier of isotope tracking and
Ballistic breakthrough could lead to molecular logic gates - Aug 2, 2008
physicsworld.com,Benzene is ideal for such early work because it is a simple system that can be easily studied using techniques like vibration mode spectroscopy, isotope
Seminal fluid proteins influence competitive ability of sperm - Jul 28, 2008
EurekAlert (press release),..."We modified a technique to label the females' proteins by feeding them yeast carrying a stable isotope. This made the female proteins in the specimens
NASA searches for rock-eating Mars microbes - Jul 10, 2008
MSNBCNot only can their technique identify organics, but it can also measure the isotope ratios of carbon and other elements. If the accuracy can be improved,
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