A novel experiment has revealed a phenomenon called the Bohr–Weisskopf effect in a pear-shaped nucleus in a molecule for the ...

Having good neighbors can be very valuable—even in the atomic world. A team of Amsterdam physicists was able to determine an ...

When building an atom, pay close attention to the particles' electrical charges. Protons have a charge of +1. Electrons have a charge of -1. Neutrons are neutral, as its name implies. A stable atom ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. How do atoms form? – Joshua, age 7, Shoreview, ...

MIT scientists used radium monofluoride atom to observe electrons entering atomic nuclei, revealing new details of nuclear magnetism.

Nuclear energy is a form of energy released from the nucleus, the core of atoms, made up of protons and neutrons. This source of energy can be produced in two ways: fission – when nuclei of atoms ...

The most feasible reaction is between the nuclei of two heavy isotopes of hydrogen – deuterium (D) and tritium (T). This needs robust and efficient 14.1 MeV neutron detectors for monitoring and ...

The provision for income taxes on an income statement is the amount of income taxes a company estimates it will pay in a given year. The company's final tax bill may be slightly more or less than the ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...