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

Pegmatite is a type of igneous rock characterized by its large crystal sizes, which can range from one centimeter to several ...

The collision and merger of two neutron stars—the incredibly dense remnants of collapsed stars—are some of the most energetic events in the universe, producing a variety of signals that can be ...

Baryons are the class of subatomic particles that includes protons and neutrons, the basic building blocks of atoms ... In the 1990s, scientists analyzed the elements created by the Big Bang and ...

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory achieved a breakthrough. They created livermorium, element 116, using titanium-50. This new method is more reliable than previous attempts.

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 ...

A young man with autism is now a registered sex offender after he sent messages to four young girls asking to meet them to “provide them with money”. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to ...

FRM II scientists carry out sample measurements with neutrons at the research reactor in Rez near Prague. From left to right: Dr Seda Ulusoy, Dr Massimo Fritton, Simon Sebold, Dr Steffen Neumeier (FAU ...

There is usually one bit of genomic DNA in a bacterial cell that encodes for most of its functions, but bacteria can carry other bits of genetic material like plasmids, which could carry a gene for ...