Read article: Smashing heavier ions creates superheavy livermorium
Smashing heavier ions creates superheavy livermorium
New technique brings an island of stability closer
Read article: Smashing heavier ions creates superheavy livermorium
Read article: Second team uses laser to excite thorium-229 nuclear transition
Second team uses laser to excite thorium-229 nuclear transition
Rapid progress being made in development of nuclear clock
Read article: Teaching nuclear physics using data rather than models, recovering helium from party balloons
Teaching nuclear physics using data rather than models, recovering helium from party balloons
A cryogenics technician and nuclear physicist are our podcast guests
Read article: Nuclear physicists tame radius calculation problem
Nuclear physicists tame radius calculation problem
New "wavefunction matching" method correctly predicts nuclear radii of elements with atomic numbers from 2 to 58
Read article: Excitation of thorium-229 brings a working nuclear clock closer
Excitation of thorium-229 brings a working nuclear clock closer
Experiment suggests that a solid-state clock could be possible
Read article: FRIB finds five new isotopes in platinum fragments
FRIB finds five new isotopes in platinum fragments
Experiment could shed light on colliding neutron stars
Read article: What can postage stamps tell us about the history of nuclear physics?
What can postage stamps tell us about the history of nuclear physics?
Ian Briggs looks at how the history of nuclear physics is captured in postage stamps
Read article: Newly observed oxygen-28 nucleus fails ‘double magic’ test
Newly observed oxygen-28 nucleus fails ‘double magic’ test
Super-heavy isotope was the last remaining artificial candidate for extra-stable status
Read article: Fallout from nuclear weapons testing explains the ‘wild boar paradox’ of radioactive meat
Fallout from nuclear weapons testing explains the ‘wild boar paradox’ of radioactive meat
Persistently high levels of caesium-137 in European wild boar are a legacy of early Cold War nuclear testing, not just Chornobyl, say researchers
Read article: Beyond the bomb: the life and times of J Robert Oppenheimer
Beyond the bomb: the life and times of J Robert Oppenheimer
Andrew Glester reviews the film Oppenheimer, written and directed by Christopher Nolan
