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

This image depicts the radium atom’s pear-shaped nucleus of protons and neutrons in the center, surrounded by a cloud of electrons (yellow), and an electron (yellow ball with arrow) that has a ...

MIT researchers have devised a new molecular technique that lets electrons probe inside atomic nuclei, replacing massive particle accelerators with a tabletop setup. By studying radium monofluoride, ...

The key is to embed a radium atom in a molecule, which contains and intensifies the activities of its electrons, explains ...

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

What makes some plastics stick to metal without any glue? Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have peered into the ...

Changing an atom in a molecule using light? This South Korean scientific breakthrough could revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry. Replacing a single atom in a molecule without altering the others ...