In the mass region of the potassium isotopes, 32 was proposed as a new magic number for neutrons. The experimental study of these special regions of the nuclear chart is crucial to unveil new ...

What potassium isotopes could say about Alzheimer’s risk Using 20 blood samples — 10 from people with Alzheimer’s disease and 10 without — Mahan and his team compared levels of potassium ...

Potassium isotope ratios in serum show promise as biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease, revealing significant differences between patients and healthy controls.

The Potassium Decay (KDK) Collaboration used the KDK array to detect a previously unmeasured process in the radioactive decay of potassium-40 to argon-40 involving a rare type of electron capture.

An international team of researchers, led by scientists from GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Germany, has studied r-process ...

Mars habitability limited by its small size, isotope study suggests Date: September 20, 2021 Source: Washington University in St. Louis Summary: Researchers measured the potassium isotope ...

In lower gravity environments, such as Mars, the potassium-39 is more easily lost to space, leaving behind a higher ratio of the heavier isotope, potassium-41.

Solar System formed from 'poorly mixed cake batter,' isotope research shows New work reveals Earth's potassium arrived by meteoritic delivery service Date: January 26, 2023 Source: Carnegie ...

Researchers measured the potassium isotope compositions of Martian meteorites in order to estimate the presence, distribution, and abundance of volatile elements and compounds, including water, on ...

Potassium is the least volatile of the volatile elements, and thus the one likeliest to not have its isotopes altered by the heat and radiation of the early solar nebula.