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    Co-precipitation behaviour of single atoms of rutherfordium in basic solutions

    All superheavy elements (SHEs), with atomic numbers (Z) ≥104, have been artificially synthesized one atom at a time and their chemical properties are largely unknown. Because these heavy nuclei have short lifetim...

    Yoshitaka Kasamatsu, Keigo Toyomura, Hiromitsu Haba, Takuya Yokokita in Nature Chemistry (2021)

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    X-ray pum** of the 229Th nuclear clock isomer

    The metastable first excited state of thorium-229, 229mTh, is just a few electronvolts above the nuclear ground state14 and is accessible by vacuum ultraviolet lasers. The ability to manipulate the 229Th nuclear...

    Takahiko Masuda, Akihiro Yoshimi, Akira Fujieda, Hiroyuki Fujimoto in Nature (2019)