One of the most formidable obstacles to exploiting the full potential of nuclear energy is the long-term disposal of highly radioactive waste that is generated by the burning of fuel in nuclear ...

IF detection of elements originating from artificial transmutation can be attained by chemical methods, not only will this mean a desirable checking of physical observations, but also new results may ...

William D. Harkins achieves transmutation of elements, converting nitrogen to fluorine and then to hydrogen and oxygen by bombarding the starting element with a helium nucleus. A German physicist ...

IN NATURE of May 6, p. 652, a communication by Prof. F. A. Paneth and P. L. Günther was published on the application of chemical analysis to the study of processes of artificial transmutation of ...