A simulation by US theoretical physicists has provided the first fully microscopic characterization of the moment an atom ...

Nuclear fission has powered our world and medical advancements for decades. What exactly happens when an atom's nucleus splits into two parts?

Physicists have made a breakthrough in the development of a nuclear clock, a new kind of ultra-precise clock that could ...

Why are there atomic clocks but no nuclear clocks? After all, an atom's nucleus is typically surrounded by many electrons, so ...

As if searching for dark matter isn't difficult enough already, physicists may have detected another hurdle known as a ...

Researchers have long been hunting for a way to make the elusive elements more stable so they can be better studied.

Based on an experiment at CERN, a collaboration led by the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, can predict hitherto unchartered changes in the shape of nuclei.

Mitochondria divide to share the load when nutrients are scarce — plus, how smashing atomic nuclei together helps identify their shapes.

Where does the periodic table of chemical elements end and which processes lead to the existence of heavy elements? An ...

At low energies, the nucleus of an atom appears to behave as if it were made of protons and neutrons, but when the energies are higher, the influence of quarks and gluons becomes "visible" to the ...

When two hydrogen atoms get close enough, the electron from each atom feels an attraction from the proton in the other atom's nucleus. This attraction pulls the atoms together. The electrons end up ...

If we figure out how to harness this effectively and efficiently, this is it. This is the end. This is the solution,” an expert tells us.