radio-active tracer method
1Copley Medal — The Copley Medal awarded to Mendeleev in 1905 …
2RADIOÉLÉMENTS ET RAYONNEMENTS IONISANTS — Les radioéléments sont des isotopes dont les noyaux sont instables, car ils possèdent un trop plein d’énergie; ils s’en libèrent spontanément, tel un ressort qui se détend, en une ou en plusieurs étapes, pour revenir à un état plus stable, en… …
3Earth Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Geology and Geochemistry The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly… …
4Positron emission tomography — (PET) is a nuclear medicine imaging technique which produces a three dimensional image or map of functional processes in the body. The system detects pairs of gamma rays emitted indirectly by a positron emitting radionuclide (tracer), which is… …
5Nobel Prize controversies — Nobel Prize Awarded for Outstanding contributions in physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, identified with the Nobel Prize, is awarded for… …
6Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
7Package testing — Military shipping container being drop tested Testing …
8dating — I In geology and archaeology, the process of determining an object s or event s place within a chronological scheme. Scientists may use either relative dating, in which items are sequenced on the basis of stratigraphic clues (see stratigraphy) or …
9hydrologic sciences — Introduction the fields of study concerned with the waters of the Earth. Included are the sciences of hydrology, oceanography, limnology, and glaciology. In its widest sense hydrology encompasses the study of the occurrence, the… …
10Neuroimaging — Para sagittal MRI of the head in a patient with benign familial macrocephaly. 3 D MRI o …
