Victor Weisskopf
Acclaimed theoretical physicist dies at 93
Cooperation to answer cosmic questions
Six major experiments are proposed to tackle fundamental questions about the universe
Bubble fusion: fact or fiction?
Claims of table-top nuclear fusion have received a hostile reaction
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Rare decay claim stirs controversy
Physicists divided over double-beta decay breakthrough
New letters expose war-time secrets
Previously unseen letters by Niels Bohr reveal why Werner Heisenberg visited him in 1941
Sound waves size up sonoluminescence
A new technique could help to explain how some imploding bubbles emit light
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Beefing up the strong force
Protons and neutrons are composite objects that consist of quarks bound by the strong force. Free quarks, and the gluons that hold them together, are not observed in nature because the coupling streng...
Fusion hitch could help heavy elements
Deeper understanding of fusion inhibition could help scientists to make heavyweight nuclei
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First hints of novel nuclei
Physicists create a heavy isotope of hydrogen and a 'doubly strange' nucleus
Element 118 disappears two years after it was discovered
Physicists fail to repeat the ground-breaking experiment that created the heaviest element
