A breakthrough in timekeeping: Progress toward a nuclear clock
Physicists have made a breakthrough in the development of a nuclear clock, a new kind of ultraprecise clock that could ...
Hints of a 'neutrino fog' could complicate efforts to detect dark matter
As if searching for dark matter isn't difficult enough already, physicists may have detected another hurdle known as a ...
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Introduction—Fusion, forever the energy of tomorrow?
Will fusion as an energy source finally become an everyday, commercial reality in the next decade or so—or not come to ...
Theoretical predictions provide a first peek at nuclear shape transitions
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.
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Fermium studied at GSI/FAIR — Researchers investigate nuclear properties of element 100 with laser light
Where does the periodic table of chemical elements end and which processes lead to the existence of heavy elements? An ...
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What exactly happens when the nucleus of an atom splits in two? Science just found out
Nuclear fission has powered our world and medical advancements for decades. What exactly happens when an atom's nucleus splits into two parts?
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Surprise finding reveals mitochondrial ‘energy factories’ come in two different types
Mitochondria divide to share the load when nutrients are scarce — plus, how smashing atomic nuclei together helps identify their shapes.