Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number ...

The strongest force in the Universe is the one that holds together the protons and neutrons in an atom’s nucleus. To unlock how elements are forged, the physics of neutron stars and more, scientists ...

Inscribed on an Italian family’s 15th century coat of arms and decorating an ancient Japanese shrine, the Borromean rings are symbolically potent. Remove one ring from the trio of linked circles and ...

Oxygen 28 is an isotope of oxygen with 20 neutrons and eight protons. This strange isotope has long been sought after by physicists, as its proposed unusual properties would allow them to put their ...

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis reported the first observations of a new form of fluorine, the isotope 13 F, described in the journal Physical Review Letters. They made their ...

The element radium can be found in extremely tiny amounts in the Earth’s crust and oceans, and in its pure form it is a soft silvery metal. To an untrained eye, a small piece of radium may look like a ...

In a part of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) that some call the Mesa, a beam of protons shoots down a mile-long tunnel through the New Mexico landscape. The particles are moving so fast that if ...

An international research team working at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, at Michigan State University has successfully produced, separated, and identified five new isotopes that had ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Researchers have created an extraordinarily light version, or isotope, of magnesium. In collaboration with an international team of researchers, Michigan State University has helped create the world's ...