An international team of researchers has systematically measured the β-decay half-lives of 40 nuclei near calcium-54, ...

Different atoms and ions possess characteristic energy levels. Like a fingerprint, they are unique for each species. Among ...

A new chart for highly charged ions (HCIs) has been proposed, aiming to replicate the conventional periodic table’s ...

Tough and charming, some old tools will outlive their owners but not their function -- hammering, cutting, and chopping for ...

For many years, cesium atomic clocks have been reliably keeping time around the world. But the future belongs to even more ...

Technical University of Braunschweig, and the University of Delaware achieved new insight into the inner structure of the ...

The power loss comes after the UN’s nuclear watchdog previously warned the protective shield at the Chernobyl power plant can ...

Open a jewelry box or pause in front of a stained-glass window, and you are seeing one of nature’s quieter tricks at work. The color, in these cases, is not painted on. It comes from the atoms ...

Amid the rolling hills of Vallecitos, Calif., the domed buildings stood bizarre and unexpected, like monstrous silver derbies tossed away by a giant. Even more bizarre was the scene inside. Over two ...

Researchers have developed a new class of magnets that does not require rare earths and platinum, yet offers high magnetic ...

Delivering a lecture in 1959, theoretical physicist, Richard Feynman, wondered out loud: “What would the properties of materials be if we could really arrange the atoms the way we want them?” The ...