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ISOLDE reports about the shape of mercury isotopes’ nuclei
01 October 2018 ISOLDE reports about the shape of mercury isotopes’ nuclei ISOLDE reports about a phenomenon unique to mercury isotopes where the shape of the atomic nuclei dramatically moves between a football and rugby ball. Isotopes with extreme neutron to proton ratios are typically very short-lived, making them difficult to produce and study in the…
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New CERN facility can help medical research into cancer
12 December 2017 New CERN facility can help medical research into cancer The new CERN-MEDICIS (Medical Isotopes Collected from ISOLDE) facility produced radioisotopes for medical research for the first time. These radioisotopes are destined primarily for hospitals and research centres in Switzerland and across Europe. “Radioisotopes are used in precision medicine to diagnose cancers, as…
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First radioactive isotope beam accelerated in HIE ISOLDE
22 October 2015 First radioactive isotope beam accelerated in HIE ISOLDE CERN’s nuclear physics facility, ISOLDE, began producing ion beams at higher energies. The first cryomodule of the new HIE-ISOLDE (High-Intensity and Energy ISOLDE) accelerator is up and running, increasing the beam energy from 3 to 4.3 MeV per nucleon. These first beams are the result of…