LLNL Chemists Make Breakthrough in Studying Radioactive Materials miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The synthesis and study of radioactive compounds are naturally difficult due to the extreme toxicity of the materials involved, but also because of the cost and scarcity of research isotopes.
Going big: Unlocking study of some of rarest and most toxic elements on Earth miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A new method improves the extraction and separation of rare earth elements, which are critical for technologies such as smart phones and electric car batteries, from unconventional sources, such as industrial and electronic wastes.
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), in conjunction with Penn State University, have identified a protein in bacteria that utilize rare-earth elements that could facilitate the migration of nuclear