We’ve reached the limit of a very successful way to make new elements in the lab. In new research, scientists unveil a new take on that technology and report its success. The heaviest elements could ...

Note: This press release has been adapted from an original release by Brookhaven National Laboratory.Members of the STAR ...

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

Magic numbers are therefore simply the numbers of particles required to fill each of these nuclear shells, with separate levels for protons and neutrons. Individual isotopes can correspondingly be ...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has announced a new way to reliably make element 116, livermorium. The results, made by using a titanium beam to irradiate a sample, could point toward the ...

Discover the physics behind stamps sticking to envelopes, from fundamental forces to Van der Waals interactions, explained concisely.

Scientists have found that a sample of the moon brought to Earth in 1972 by Apollo 17 astronauts contains a ratio of sulfur ...

A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic ...

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

An engaging optical illusion challenges viewers to find the hidden number 1 amidst a sea of 7s. This visual puzzle tests the brain's ability to overcome pattern recognition and focus on detail.

Astronomers are using radio pulses from space to find missing baryonic matter and learn about supermassive black holes, stellar formation and galaxy evolution.

EXCLUSIVE: Scientists have found a way to dramatically accelerate one of the key tests used to diagnose the condition.