The discovery of nuclear fission is one of the most profound scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century, reshaping physics, unlocking the power of the atomic nucleus, and setting the stage for both ...

Atomic nuclei exhibit multiple energy scales simultaneously—ranging from hundreds down to fractions of a megaelectronvolt. A new study demonstrates that these drastically different scales can be ...

A nuclear engineer reacts to Veritasium’s explanation of entropy, exploring this fundamental physics concept and its ...

In the air people breathe, the water on Earth, the stars in the sky and more, atoms are the building blocks that make up the universe. Understanding the structure of the atomic nucleus is crucial for ...

Andrea Richard's research is helping answer a longstanding question in nuclear physics, providing new insight into the ...

A new computational method could help scientists understand the shapes of deformed nuclei from first principles. Figure 1: Pairwise interactions between protons (yellow) and neutrons (green) are among ...