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

Physicists working with molybdenum-84, a nucleus containing exactly 42 protons and 42 neutrons, have found that this seemingly balanced atom defies one of nuclear physics’ longest-standing ...

The time is nigh for nuclear clocks. In a first, scientists have used a tabletop laser to bump an atomic nucleus into a higher energy state. It’s a feat that sets scientists on a path toward creating ...

The nucleus of an atom is now the modern version of sand flowing through an hourglass. Researchers have spent 15 years trying to increase accuracy in timekeeping. The U.S. standard currently relies on ...

Dallas boy achieves nuclear fusion at home using makeshift device, potentially breaking world record for youngest fusion ...

The last week of July heralded not one but two scientific breakthroughs that have left the academic community abuzz and may bring us one step closer to the holy grail of fusion energy. Nuclear fusion ...

Patna: Senior scientist of the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) at Geneva, Archana Sharma, speaking at the ...

Nuclear physics is a research area focused on the structure, dynamics, and interactions of atomic nuclei and their constituent nucleons, governed primarily by the strong and weak nuclear forces within ...

China’s Institute of Modern Physics, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is building what it calls the world’s first ...

Madison’s nuclear reactor and fusion labs after announcing a state partnership to study Wisconsin’s nuclear energy ...

Seventh-grader Aiden McMillan is in the running for a Guinness World Record as the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion.