Proton emission was first observed in the 1970s, with early discoveries involving isotopes like cobalt‑53 and lutetium‑151. These findings confirmed that atomic nuclei can decay by losing individual ...

A team of researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU) has discovered that ...

When Israeli aircraft recently struck a uranium-enrichment complex in the nation, Iran could have been days away from ...

For the first time in nearly 30 years, scientists have discovered the heaviest atomic nucleus ever observed that decays by ...

For the first time in more than thirty years, the heaviest nucleus decaying via proton emission has been measured. The ...

The temporary pair of correlated nucleons is highlighted in purple. The atomic nucleus is made up of protons and neutrons, particles that exist through the interaction of quarks bonded by gluons.

This view of the atomic nucleus changed when James Chadwick discovered the existence of the neutron in 1932, for which he won the Nobel Prize three years later. Not too long afterward, scientists ...

Our collection of antimatter has just gotten heavier, as researchers have logged the heaviest antimatter version of an atomic nucleus yet, called antihyperhydrogen-4. “We didn’t think that it ...

Causing energy jumps in a nucleus requires a much higher frequency signal than is required for atomic clocks. With more wave cycles per second, this approach is expected to provide more accurate ...

The atomic nucleus is made up of protons and neutrons, particles that exist through the interaction of quarks bonded by gluons. It would seem, therefore, that it should not be difficult to ...