For decades, scientists believed that lead-208 (²⁰⁸Pb), the heaviest known "doubly magic" nucleus, was perfectly spherical.

Using the Frontier supercomputer, researchers have cracked a major challenge in nuclear physics: accurately predicting ...

A long-held belief involving lead-208 challenges past beliefs that the element’s atomic nucleus is a perfect sphere.

A study published in Physical Review Letters by an international partnership led by the University of Surrey's Nuclear ...

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a new method for predicting nuclear structures using the Frontier ...

In a surprising turn of events, an international team of scientists has found that lead-208 (208Pb), the heaviest known "doubly magic" nucleus, exhibits unexpected shape characteristics that current ...

Doubly magic nuclei are particularly stable against nuclear decay; 208 Pb is the heaviest known stable isotope of any element ...

Lead-208, recognized as the heaviest double magic isotope ever observed, has long served as a benchmark of stability and ...

Researchers have developed a new technique that predicts nuclear properties in record detail. The study revealed how the structure of a nucleus relates to the force that holds it together. This ...

Scientists have recently made a significant breakthrough in understanding the structure of matter. For the first time, they ...