Sentences with phrase «nuclear reactions between»
They studied boulders from the New Zealand site where the glacial wood had been found, measuring the concentrations in the rocks of radioactive isotopes beryllium - 10 and chlorine - 36, which are produced by nuclear reactions between minerals and cosmic rays.
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Nuclear fusion, the process that powers our sun, happens when nuclear reactions between light elements produce heavier ones.
According to Isao Tanihata, head of the Linearc Laboratory at Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, the answer is that more boron was created than theorists expected because of a nuclear reaction between lithium and helium in the big bang fireball.
Not exact matches
The samples were then analyzed with a technique called polymerase chain reaction (PCR), used to amplify specific nuclear «microsatellites» for statistically measuring gene flow between the different populations and subpopulations located in the western South Atlantic (Breeding Stock A) and the eastern South Atlantic and Indian Ocean populations (Breeding Stocks B and C, and the Arabian Sea humpback whale population, respectively).
They created a device, known as High - pressure Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (MAS NMR), that provides detailed information on the reactions happening between minerals and carbon dioxide.