But there is a bit of a problem, in that the two descriptions of the nucleus of an atom don't sit too well together. Physicists gain knowledge of atomic nuclei largely by bombarding them with smaller ...

Nuclear fission, discovered in 1938, involves splitting an atom's nucleus, releasing energy. It's essential for electricity ...

A study in Nature Physics has realized a dual-species Rydberg array combining rubidium (Rb) and cesium (Cs) atoms to enhance ...

A class of material called perovskites, which have special electronic bonding with many applications, could be useful for ...

On New York's Long Island, scientists are building an ambitious machine to tease apart the mysteries held inside atomic ...

Chirality -- a geometric property that allows molecules to exist in two distinct forms that are chemically identical but are 3D mirror images of each other, like a right and left hand -- has a ...

Michael Riordan has spent decades ruminating on the history of physics, including events he participated in himself.

" width="1200" height="675" /> 118 Elements and Their Symbols and Atomic Numbers: The periodic table is a well-organized ...

A recent discovery by researchers at Northern Illinois University and the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National ...

The stability of an atomic nucleus can be measured by the energy required to dislodge its nucleons (protons and neutrons) from the outermost orbitals. In so-called magic nuclei, where the orbitals are ...