Argonne National Laboratory has made extremely precise measurements of unstable ruthenium nuclei. The measurements are a ...

CERN's ALICE experiment has resolved the puzzle of deuteron formation, showing that most deuterons form via resonance-driven ...

CERN's ALICE collaboration reveals how fragile deuterons survive high-energy collisions, impacting models of cosmic rays and ...

Discover the fascinating process of radioactive decay, where unstable atoms transform, releasing energy in the form of alpha, beta, and gamma emissions.

The very first element on the Periodic Table may be the key to solving mysteries hiding inside the atom’s nucleus. Nuclear ...

A new chart for highly charged ions (HCIs) has been proposed, aiming to replicate the conventional periodic table’s ...

A team led by MIT used a simple molecule to peek inside a radium atom’s nucleus. In a new study, they watched electrons in radium monofluoride pick up a tiny energy change that betrays what is ...

Caption:This image depicts the radium atom’s pear-shaped nucleus of protons and neutrons in the center, surrounded by a cloud of electrons (yellow), and an electron (yellow ball with arrow).koto/MIT ...

Physicists at MIT have developed a new way to probe inside an atom's nucleus, using the atom's own electrons as "messengers" within a molecule. In a study appearing today in the journal Science, the ...

In a nucleus, each proton and neutron acts like a small magnet, and they align differently depending on how the nucleus' protons and neutrons are spread out. The team plans to apply their method to ...