At unit 1 of Russia’s Balakov NPP, the third 18-month cycle of experimental industrial operation of fuel assemblies using ...

Slowly repeating bursts of intense radio waves from space have puzzled astronomers since they were discovered in 2022.

Active volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon 2.8 billion years ago, the first lunar samples returned from the ...

NASA may have a new plan in place for returning samples from Mars. The agency announced in October that it had convened an outside panel of experts to review a dozen ...

China currently makes 92% of rare-earth element magnets that are used in EVs and power-generating windmills and also makes ...

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams achieved the highest-power beam of uranium ions ever in the world. "We're already now in ...

Currently, there are 118 known elements on the periodic table, from hydrogen all the way to oganesson, which was officially ...

Researchers from the University of Liverpool are exploring the behaviors that occur at the limits of neutron and proton ...

Scientists employ high-energy heavy ion collisions as a powerful tool to uncover intricate details of nuclear structure, ...

When a nucleus has a magic number of protons or neutrons, then the particular orbit is filled, and the nucleus is not very reactive, similar to the noble gases. For example, the element tin has a ...

Fermium studies indicate nuclear shell effects diminish as nuclear mass increases, emphasizing macroscopic influences in ...

An unresolved question that intrigues the world of physics. Neutrons, key elements of matter, disintegrate on average after fifteen minutes. However, physicists observe different lifetimes depending ...