One hundred years after “nuclear isomers” were first discovered, Philip Walker and Zsolt Podolyák pick five examples of these long-lived, excited nuclear states to show why they are so important in ...

Isomers of a given compound maintain the same chemical formula, but the unique arrangement of their constituent atoms can cause them to behave very differently. For example, one isomer of ...

For example, one isomer of methamphetamine is a controlled substance, another is used in over-the-counter nasal inhalers. "Our study is yet another piece of evidence that PFAS isomers can ...