The thorium isotope with the mass number 229 (229 Th) is highly exciting in many respects – for fundamental physics as well as for future applications, for example in the sense of a nuclear clock. An ...

We took a look at the element tritium a short time ago. A "high octane" and ultra-rare nuclear isotope of which we have a global supply you could fit in an XL-sized suitcase. A supply that small could ...