Excited quantum states in nature are normally extremely short-lived, and this certainly applies to most nuclei. But what makes the metastable nuclear states different? And how can we exploit them for ...

One hundred years after “nuclear isomers” were first discovered, Philip Walker and Zsolt Podolyák pick five examples of these long-lived, excited nuclear states to show why they are so important in ...

Isomerism is a very important part in the syllabus of Chemistry for engineering entrance exam and CBSE class 11 exams. In this article we are going to share the important concepts related to Isomerism ...

Isomers of a given compound maintain the same chemical formula, but the unique arrangement of their constituent atoms can cause them to behave very differently. For example, one isomer of ...

When UB chemists analyzed samples of water, fish and bird eggs, they weren’t surprised to find plenty of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). After all, these “forever chemicals” turn up nearly ...