Muon spin rotation (µSR) spectroscopy is a powerful technique that helps to study the behavior of materials at the atomic level. It involves using ...

But Westinghouse scientists in East Pittsburgh now make radioactive phosphorus with their atom-smasher, add a little of it to the molten iron. Then, as the steel cooks, it is an easy matter to ...

By studying pot-grown wheat plants, they show that wheat uses nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers at a ratio of 21 atoms of nitrogen to one atom of phosphorus, and any nitrogen or phosphorus ...