Second team uses laser to excite thorium-229 nuclear transition
Rapid progress being made in development of nuclear clock
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Teaching nuclear physics using data rather than models, recovering helium from party balloons
A cryogenics technician and nuclear physicist are our podcast guests
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Nuclear physicists tame radius calculation problem
New "wavefunction matching" method correctly predicts nuclear radii of elements with atomic numbers from 2 to 58
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Excitation of thorium-229 brings a working nuclear clock closer
Experiment suggests that a solid-state clock could be possible
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FRIB finds five new isotopes in platinum fragments
Experiment could shed light on colliding neutron stars
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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
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Newly observed oxygen-28 nucleus fails ‘double magic’ test
Super-heavy isotope was the last remaining artificial candidate for extra-stable status
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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
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Beyond the bomb: the life and times of J Robert Oppenheimer
Andrew Glester reviews the film Oppenheimer, written and directed by Christopher Nolan
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Nuclear clocks: why an experiment at CERN brings them closer to reality
This podcast features the nuclear physicist Sandro Kraemer
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