University of Queensland scientists have cracked a long-standing puzzle in nuclear physics, showing that nuclear polarization ...

Highly charged heavy ions form a very suitable experimental field for investigating quantum electrodynamics (QED), the ...

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

The team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology publishes measurement data crucial for advanced research in ...

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Studies that explore how the denser sections of atoms, known as atomic nuclei, interact with neutrons (i.e., particles with ...

and the apparently widely different assumptions which have been introduced in various recent attempts to develop a theory of atomic constitution capable of accounting for other physical and ...

These particles are so ghostly that trillions of them pass through Earth each day without notice. So, how do we detect them?

After a year of fastidious planning, a microscopic sample of the ultra-rare radioactive element berkelium arrived at a ...