An experiment carried out at CERN's ISOLDE facility has determined the western shore of a small island of atomic nuclei, ...

Researchers at CERN have made a great step forward in revealing how atomic nuclei behave after they mapped the edge of a ...

Maria Goeppert Mayer was a physicist at Argonne who developed the nuclear shell model theory, a pivotal discovery that won her a Nobel Prize in 1963. This year marks the 75 th anniversary of the ...

In the classic nuclear shell model, protons and neutrons arrange themselves in shells of increasing energy, and completely filled outer shells of protons or neutrons result in particularly stable ...

Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is ...

Where does the periodic table of chemical elements end and which processes lead to the existence of heavy elements? Researchers report on experiments to come closer to an answer. They gained insight ...

Where does the periodic table of chemical elements end and which processes lead to the existence of heavy elements? An international research team reports on experiments performed at the GSI/FAIR ...

72 years ago the U.S. Army carried out its first and only nuclear artillery test. The military actually made an atomic artillery shell, loaded it into a 280mm cannon and fired it. And it worked. Task ...