Scientists often use an element’s isotopes as means to track ... “Simply put, we want to know where the phosphorus is coming from,” Jaisi said. Jaisi and Hollenback looked at one molecule, phytates, ...

Scientists often use an element's isotopes ... know where the phosphorus is coming from," Jaisi said. Jaisi and Hollenback looked at one molecule, phytates, in particular. All plant seeds that ...

The collision caused the beam to break into several exotic isotopes of lighter elements, including five never before measured—phosphorus-45, silicon-42, aluminum-40, aluminum-41, and magnesium ...