Mercury serves up a nuclear surprise - The discovery of a new type of fission turns a...

Nature News ^ | 1 December 2010 | Eugenie Samuel Reich

[avg_freeper]

"A symmetric split should be dominant and we show that it doesn't happen,"

May be they accidentally banked off the rail first.

[The Comedian]

There's a ping list for THAT??!!

Low volume.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[zeugma]

There's a ping list for THAT??!!

LOL. One of the oldest on FR. It actually started on stone tablets in JimRob's cave.

[zeugma]

This mostly decayed by capturing an electron, turning one of its 81 protons into a neutron to form mercury-180,This mostly decayed by capturing an electron, turning one of its 81 protons into a neutron to form mercury-180,

Uh, I don't think that's really how it works. From what I recall, you don't "add" an electron to a proton to get neutron. Am I mis-remembering things, or is the reporter as stupid as he sounds?

[Free Vulcan]

The real question here is can we use it to kill muzzies?

[Kevmo]

My way of bumping for later

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The future of nuclear is cold fusion.

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Monday, March 23, 2009 12:42:14 PM · by FlameThrower · 35 replies · 1,586+ views
Science Daily ^ | Mar. 23, 2009 | American Chemical Society

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[HangThemHigh]

"They should try the experiment without observing it and see what happens."

The sound of one hand clapping.

[neverdem]

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FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[grey_whiskers]

IIRC, a proton is two up quarks and a down, a neutron is two down quarks and an up.

Up quarks have charge +2/3,and down quarks have charge -1/3.

So "two ups and a down" yield +2/3 + 2/3 - 1/3 = +1
and
"two downs and an up " yield -1/3 -1/3 + 2/3 = 0

Cheers!

[The Comedian]

The only physics joke I ever invented:

0: Knock knock.

1: Who's there?

0: Heisenberg.

1: Heisenberg who?

0: I'm uncertain.

(rimshot)

Tip your waitress. Good night.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Condor51]

They assumed that outcome would be particularly favoured because 40 and 50 are magic numbers for which shells would be exactly filled. ... But the mercury dealt a surprise, splitting instead into ruthenium-100 and krypton-80.

Hey buttheads, never assume.

(Sheesh. And they brainiacs are getting paid big bucks? I want a refund.)

[headsonpikes]

“They should try the experiment without observing it and see what happens.”

Philosophy majors should avoid those sciences requiring labs and maths.

Just kidding...