Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number ...

Quantum technologies, computers or other devices that operate leveraging quantum mechanical effects, rely on the precise ...

In the strange world of quantum physics, even the tiniest tweak can unlock outsized rewards.

Some researchers are seeking out the ancient history of these patterns in a substance that may be unexpected to some: plant wax. The study, coauthored by Daniel Ibarra, an assistant professor of Earth ...

Chemists from St. Petersburg University has developed a new family of luminescent iridium complexes that, for the first time, realize a unique mechanism of photoactivated proton transfer. In the ...

When electronics meet cosmic rays, bad things can happen. Chip makers need to test what their products can withstand, and ...

Physicists working with molybdenum-84, a nucleus containing exactly 42 protons and 42 neutrons, have found that this seemingly balanced atom defies one of nuclear physics’ longest-standing ...

In the 20th century, scientists began to suspect Earth was a lot older than we thought. It was our old friends/deadly foes, ...

A nuclear escalation in the Middle East would trigger a global catastrophe. Know the physics behind nuclear weapons, and the looming threat of a worldwide nuclear winter.

We all have a concept of reality. We know what is “fact” and what isn’t. However, the truth of the matter is that the definition of “real” is a mere construct of the brain. If that didn’t blow your ...

Shares of ASP Isotopes climbed as the company's subsidiary Quantum Leap Energy plans to collaborate with a U.S. energy company to establish nuclear fuel cycle facilities. The stock jumped 6.2% to ...

It is also used to generate other radioisotopes that have potential uses in cancer therapies. ORNL produces actinium-227 ...