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Rebooting of Canadian medical isotope reactor delayed
Aug 13, 2009 |
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A Canadian reactor that produced one-third of the world's supply of medical isotopes before it closed in May for repairs will remain offline at least until early 2010, nuclear authorities said Thursday.
A top supplier of medical isotopes closed through 2009
Jul 08, 2009 |
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An aging Canadian nuclear reactor responsible for production of one-third of the isotopes used in medical radiation treatment around the world will be out of service through at least the end of 2009, authorities said Wednesday.
Reactor leak halts Canada isotope work for 3 months
May 28, 2009 |
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A Canadian nuclear reactor that produced about a third of the world's supply of medical isotopes has halted operation for three months due to a heavy water leak, authorities said.
Ongoing worldwide shortage of medical isotopes could threaten patient care, says expert
Mar 18, 2009 |
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A University of Nottingham expert is calling on the Government to provide substantial new investment into the production of medical isotopes or face a dangerous shortage that threatens to compromise patient healthcare.
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Argonne aiming for isotope lab
Jun 21, 2007 |
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Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago and Michigan State University are top contenders for one of the world's most advanced science labs.
Made-to-order isotopes hold promise on science's frontier
May 08, 2008 |
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Designer labels have a lot of cachet -- a principle that’s equally true in fashion and physics. The future of nuclear physics is in designer isotopes -- the relatively new power scientists have to make specific rare isotopes ...
Patients will face delays in getting diagnostic scans due to severe shortage of imaging agents
Sep 06, 2008 |
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A global shortage of medical isotopes* used in over 80% of routine diagnostic nuclear imaging procedures such as heart imaging, bone scans and some cancer detection procedures, will cause delays and cancellations to diagnostic ...
T-REX is monster light source with multiple applications
Apr 04, 2008 |
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When it comes to laser-based light sources, there are few brighter than T-REX, an LLNL project developed jointly by the NIF & Photon Science Principle Directorate and the Physical Sciences Directorate.
Hair Reveals Where Murder Victims Drank Water
Feb 25, 2008 |
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University of Utah scientists developed a new crime-fighting tool by showing that human hair reveals the general location where a person drank water, helping police track past movements of criminal suspects ...
Cognitive training can alter the biochemistry of the brain
Feb 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown for the first time that the active training of the working memory brings about visible changes in the number of dopamine receptors ...
Rich Ore Deposits Linked to Ancient Atmosphere
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Much of our planet's mineral wealth was deposited billions of years ago when Earth's chemical cycles were different from today's. Using geochemical clues from rocks nearly 3 billion years old, a group of ...
Fantastic Voyage: A new nanoscale view of the biological world
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 05, 2006 |
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Echoing the journey through the human body in Fantastic Voyage, doctors might soon be able to track individual donor cells after a transplant, or to find where and how much of a cancer treatment drug there is within a cell.
Radioactive 'Understudy' May Aid Medical Imaging, Drug Development
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Broadway stars have understudies. Now, an increasingly popular radioactive isotope has its own stand-in. Developed in part by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the substance might ultimately ...
Proton's party pals may alter its internal structure
Nov 18, 2009 |
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A recent experiment at the DOE's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has found that a proton's nearest neighbors in the nucleus of the atom may modify the proton's internal structure.
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