Principle of momentum conservation makes it possible to "see" individual alpha particles leaving a micron-scale silica bead
Read article: Physicists detect nuclear decay in the recoil of a levitating sphere
New technique brings an island of stability closer
Read article: Smashing heavier ions creates superheavy livermorium
Rapid progress being made in development of nuclear clock
Read article: Second team uses laser to excite thorium-229 nuclear transition
A cryogenics technician and nuclear physicist are our podcast guests
Read article: Teaching nuclear physics using data rather than models, recovering helium from party balloons
New "wavefunction matching" method correctly predicts nuclear radii of elements with atomic numbers from 2 to 58
Read article: Nuclear physicists tame radius calculation problem
Experiment suggests that a solid-state clock could be possible
Read article: Excitation of thorium-229 brings a working nuclear clock closer
Experiment could shed light on colliding neutron stars
Read article: FRIB finds five new isotopes in platinum fragments
Ian Briggs looks at how the history of nuclear physics is captured in postage stamps
Read article: What can postage stamps tell us about the history of nuclear physics?
Super-heavy isotope was the last remaining artificial candidate for extra-stable status
Read article: Newly observed oxygen-28 nucleus fails ‘double magic’ test
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: Fallout from nuclear weapons testing explains the ‘wild boar paradox’ of radioactive meat
