An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart where nuclear fission is predominantly governed by an asymmetric mode.

An international collaboration of scientists working with the FAIR Phase 0 program at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für ...

Astrophysicists have proposed a new theoretical maximum lifespan for the universe, which suggests that dead stars are ...

An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart where nuclear fission is predominantly governed by an asymmetric mode.

However, scientists generally think it would take less than 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ...

Scientists have discovered that the universe is decaying much faster than they thought, and have pinpointed exactly when it ...

Particle-beam technology has wide applications in science and industry. Specifically, high-energy x-ray prod­uction is being ...

In terms of human lifespans, this is like having your prognosis of 50 years being cut down to less than a trillionth of a ...

For the first time, the extremely neutron-rich hydrogen isotope ⁶H has been produced and measured using an electron scattering experiment, revealing unexpectedly strong interactions between neutrons ...

From the powdered wings of a butterfly to the icy spines of a snowflake, symmetry is a common feature in nature. This often ...

Researchers suggest powerful bursts from magnetars—collapsed stars with strong magnetic fields—may have contributed up to 10 ...

Atoms come together in hopes of becoming more stable, thus making some of the most essential compounds we know today – carbon dioxide, water, salt, and acids. Atomic elements are arranged on the ...