Known as “islands of inversion,” these regions are found among a sea of normal nuclei. Now, a new island may have been ...
University of Liverpool researchers are part of an international research collaboration that has shed light on what happens at the extremes of neutron and proton numbers, in search of where the ...
For years, physicists have mapped the stability of atomic nuclei with remarkable confidence. The periodic table, with its ...
A researcher stands behind a metal pipe covered with electrical cords and gauges. A researcher works on a device at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. This part of the facility provides low-energy ...
Plans to deliver the first-ever precision measurements of some of the rarest and most unstable atomic nuclei could reshape our understanding of ...