PORTLAND, Ore. — You might have thought that scientists had already cataloged the 118 natural elements–from hydrogen to silicon to uranium–and their various isotopes. Unfortunately, only the first ...

The creation of the lightest uranium atom ever gives scientists a better understanding of a fundamental type of radioactive decay. All elements have one or more isotopes, which differ from each other ...

A tiny vial of gray powder produced at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the backbone of a new experiment to study the intense magnetic fields created in nuclear collisions.

The isotope lead-208 was predicted to be extremely stable and perfectly spherical because of the “magic” numbers of electrons and protons orbiting its nucleus. When researchers blasted lead-208 with ...

ASPI is uniquely positioned at the intersection of radiopharmaceuticals, quantum computing, and nuclear energy, with proprietary enrichment tech and strategic global facilities. The company’s ...

ASP Isotopes announced it has secured a purchase order from a U.S.-based customer to supply enriched Barium-137 for quantum computing, with delivery scheduled for the first quarter of 2026, and also ...

Near the beginning of time, the universe almost certainly contained many elements heavier than uranium, the heaviest element that exists naturally on earth. Gradually these “transuranium” elements ...