Isotopes, The Atomic Clues Used To Solve Crimes, Date Ancient Artifacts And Identify Chemicals

Whether it’s the summer grass that tickles your feet or the red Bordeaux smacking on your palette, nearly every part of the world around you carries special chemical markers. These markers, called isotopes, can tell scientists where the molecules that compose a substance are from, where they traveled, and what happened to them along the way. But doing these analyses has been complex and costly.

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Filed under: Biology on June 30th, 2009