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To better understand these reactions, Wang's team, which includes researchers from six universities in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom, studied the isotopic makeup of chlorine, oxygen, and carbon produced by these discharges.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

The authors note that future research using larger sample sizes and additional tools such as isotopic analysis could significantly deepen our understanding of ancient communities.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

Collaborators Jessica Fitzsimmons and Janelle Steffen at Texas A&M University examined isotopic ratios to "fingerprint" the iron and trace its origin.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

Scientists previously expected these paired forms to share the same isotopic signature.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

For this new phenomenon Soddy has suggested the word isotope for the element and isotopic for the property, and these names have come into general use.

From A Brief Account of Radio-activity by Venable, Francis Preston