Water is made of hydrogen and oxygen, and sometimes these atoms are slightly heavier than usual. These heavier forms are called isotopes. As water evaporates or moves through the atmosphere, the ...

Scientists have found a clever way to trace water as it moves through the atmosphere, using something most of us probably don’t think about: the atoms. These “fingerprints” left behind by water ...

Scientists have found a powerful new way to follow water as it moves around the planet—by tracking subtle “fingerprints” hidden inside its atoms.

There are two fundamental ways to identify isotopic labels. The most direct method is mass spectrometry, in which a material is broken down into individual atoms or molecules, given electrical charge, ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

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 ...