Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, a physicist who studies 2D materials at the University of California, Irvine, likens the ...

Scientists have discovered 'berkelocene,' the first organometallic molecule to be characterized containing the heavy element berkelium. The breakthrough disrupts long-held theories about the chemistry ...

Einsteinium-255, produced through irradiation in ILL’s high-flux reactor, provided a continuous supply of fermium-255, ...

Explore the surprising findings of helium presence in volcanic eruptions and its implications on geological and chemical processes deep inside the Earth.

For decades, scientists believed that lead-208 (²⁰⁸Pb), the heaviest known "doubly magic" nucleus, was perfectly spherical.

Neutron stars are some of the densest objects in the universe. They are the core of a collapsed megastar that went supernova, ...

The interactions between quarks within a proton and the quarks of other protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei are notoriously difficult to fully model. To bring some clarity to the problem ...

Atomic swaps allow direct cryptocurrency exchanges between blockchains without third parties. Utilizing smart contracts, atomic swaps automatically execute or cancel trades based on agreed terms ...

Protons and neutrons stay together in the nucleus and make a stable atomic center, thanks to powerful interactions ... If the nucleus has a stable arrangement – sometimes referred to as a magic number ...

He is particularly interested in how nuclear structure — the organization of protons and neutrons within an atomic nucleus — evolves for exotic ... If we see it, we then know that lepton number [the ...

An eight-megaton explosion would be over 500 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, which had a yield of approximately 15 kilotons (0.015 megatons). The shocking video ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A record number of journalists was killed around the world last year, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday, adding that Israel was responsible for nearly 70% of ...