There are scientific explanations for this, including theories about layers of particles in the nucleus, and “magic numbers” of protons and neutrons that may be stable in combination. If we can find ...

Andrea Richard receives funding from the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration.

Nicholas Spada is one of the only scientists in the world using a nuclear x-ray process to study deadly nanoparticles in ...

Virtual particles may not be real, but they help physicists track how forces move, and allow for incredibly precise ...

Baryons are the class of subatomic particles that includes protons and neutrons ... In the 1990s, scientists analyzed the elements created by the Big Bang and calculated that baryonic matter should ...

In a new study, scientists have shown that chemical receptors that plants use to recognize nitrogen-fixing bacteria have ...

With ally SpaceX, the Italian Space Agency is set to chart and safeguard future astronaut flights to Mars while testing tech ...

Low nitrogen availability is the number one limitation to plant growth in most ecosystems. Plants in the bean family and other closely related families evolved a symbiotic relationship with bacteria ...

The biological study of species offers no equivalent to such transmutation. An individual which belongs to a given species ...

Findings of the Cancer Research UK-funded TORPEdO trial presented at the American Society of Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting. Results show that proton beam therapy delivers similar results to ...

In a significant breakthrough for the scientific community, a new element has been confirmed on the periodic table. This ...

Piefer’s 50-year forecast seems a long way off, but progress shown by SHINE and NorthStar means the future is here in the sense that isotopes produced by both companies are already treating patients ...