Tiny artificial samples exposed a rugby-ball-shaped nucleus whose properties closely match modern nuclear theory.

I read with great interest the article by Katherine Bourzac “Divining the Mysteries of the Atomic Nucleus” in the Jan. 29, 2024, issue of C&EN (page 30). Curious readers might like to know that an ...

Experiments at CERN and the Accelerator Laboratory in Jyväskylä, Finland, have revealed that the radius of an exotic nucleus of aluminum, 26m Al, is much larger than previously thought. The result, ...

Learning about the world and English through overseas articles ]Scientists in Vienna and Beijing create world's first nuclear ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (ComicSans/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Every atom of matter in the Universe is built around a nucleus. It's a tightly packed bundle ...

For the first time, quarks and gluons were used to describe properties of atomic nuclei, which until now had been explained by the existence of protons and neutrons. The temporary pair of correlated ...

What you'll discover in this article ・The first thorium-229 nuclear clock has been achieved. ・It is not as precise as regular ...

An international research collaboration has overturned the long-standing belief that the atomic nucleus of lead-208 is perfectly spherical. The discovery challenges fundamental assumptions about ...

A researcher stands behind a metal pipe covered with electrical cords and gauges. A researcher works on a device at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. This part of the facility provides low-energy ...

For the first time, scientists used an atomic nucleus as a clock. The world’s most precise timepieces are made using atoms, specifically their electrons. But clocks based on atomic nuclei — protons ...