Quantum theory describes events that take place on extremely short time scales. In the past, such events were regarded as ...

Quantum theory describes events that take place on extremely short time scales. In the past, such events were regarded as ...

James Chadwick, who discovered the neutron, transformed nuclear physics. The work of the NObel Prize winner led to ...

Ernest Rutherford, one of history's most incredible physicists with a Chemistry Nobel to his name, redefined the atomic ...

Two dark matter experiments have spotted signs of neutrinos knocking into atomic nuclei in their detectors. The finding portends a future obstacle for the ...

But there is a bit of a problem, in that the two descriptions of the nucleus of an atom don't sit too well together. Physicists gain knowledge of atomic nuclei largely by bombarding them with smaller ...

This October 16 marks the 60th anniversary of the testing of the first Chinese nuclear bomb. When my friends and I coiled up ...

The atomic nucleus is made up of protons and neutrons, particles that exist through the interaction of quarks bonded by ...

Nuclear fission, discovered in 1938, involves splitting an atom's nucleus, releasing energy. It's essential for electricity ...

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, an organisation comprising survivors of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki ...

On New York's Long Island, scientists are building an ambitious machine to tease apart the mysteries held inside atomic ...

Hans D. Jensen in Germany found the same solution. The atom is a complex system of particles. It’s made up of a central nucleus consisting of protons and neutrons, called nucleons, with ...