Atomic nuclei go for a quantum swing
Precisely controlling nuclear excitations could aid the development of ultraprecise clocks as well as batteries that can store huge amounts of energy
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The race to discover superheavy elements, a dinosaur killer and other visitors from outer space
In this week’s podcast we chat about making new isotopes and what to do if you find a meteorite
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New superheavy isotope and excited state could point the way to islands of stability
Darmstadtium, copernicium and flerovium are under the microscope in Germany
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There is no magic in having 32 neutrons, reveals study done at CERN
Contradictory results continue to puzzle nuclear physicists
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Bond distance of rare element einsteinium is measured
Breakthrough could help scientists create more superheavy elements
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Physics in the pandemic: ‘Our mission was to include young nuclear physicists wherever they were in the world’
Nuclear physicist David Jenkins discovers the benefits of running a successful conference series for young scientists in an online format
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Physicists measure energy of lowest nuclear excited state
High-precision magnetic microcalorimeter experiments could bring nuclear clocks a step closer
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Physicists pin down deuteron mass
Penning trap enables the most precise measurement ever of the mass of a deuterium nucleus
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Overlooked for the Nobel: Lise Meitner
Disciplinary bias and a stew of other prejudices helped deny the physicist Lise Meitner a share of the 1944 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
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Isotope ratios yield clues to element synthesis
Measurements could help identify the origin of meteorite grains that formed before our solar system and improve models of nova explosions
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