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Stable isotopes are alternative forms of elements with different molecular weights that are found naturally and do not decay radioactively. Stable isotope analysis of elements such as carbon, nitrogen ...

Radioisotope power systems (RPS) keep spacecraft going with nuclear batteries. Until now, RPS operated using a plutonium isotope, but researchers have found that an isotope of americium could keep ...

Researchers remotely operate mechanical arms to isolate key alpha isotopes for medical use at a lab of the China Spallation Neutron Source in Dongguan, Guangdong province. [Photo provided to China ...

Alpha isotopes, often described as the "nuclear warhead against cancer", possess high-energy, short-range properties that precisely destroy cancer cells with minimal damage to healthy tissue, offering ...