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

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

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

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

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.

Dark matter’s interactions with other matter is impossible to perceive except when it collides with the nucleus of a visible ...

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 being shared by the atoms in a region around ...

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.

Number of protons Z = 30 Number of protons + neutrons A = 64 Number of neutrons N = 64 - 30 = 34 Since this is a nucleus there are no electrons There are 30 protons and 34 neutrons.

A small piece of sodium metal is placed in a flask of chlorine gas. A little water helps expose the sodium so it can react with the chlorine gas. The reaction releases a lot of heat as the ionic ...