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Position of the new isotopes, osmium-160 and tungsten-156, on the chart of nuclides. Image credit: Huabin Yang.

Physicists Synthesize New Isotopes of Osmium and Tungsten

Feb 20, 2024 by News Staff

A team of physicists in China has synthesized two new isotopes: osmium-160 and tungsten-156. Position of the new isotopes, osmium-160 and tungsten-156,...

Enhanced α-particle preformation in 214U and 216U. Image credit: Zhang et al., doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.152502.

Physicists Discover New Uranium Isotope: Uranium-214

May 14, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Physicists at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in China have observed the lightest uranium isotope to date, uranium-214 (214U), and precisely measured the...