Nuclear physics Research update There is no magic in having 32 neutrons, reveals study done at CERN Contradictory results continue to puzzle nuclear physicists Read article: There is no magic in having 32 neutrons, reveals study done at CERN
Nuclear physics Research update Bond distance of rare element einsteinium is measured Breakthrough could help scientists create more superheavy elements Read article: Bond distance of rare element einsteinium is measured
Nuclear physics Blog 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 Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘Our mission was to include young nuclear physicists wherever they were in the world’
Nuclear physics Research update Physicists measure energy of lowest nuclear excited state High-precision magnetic microcalorimeter experiments could bring nuclear clocks a step closer Read article: Physicists measure energy of lowest nuclear excited state
Nuclear physics Research update Physicists pin down deuteron mass Penning trap enables the most precise measurement ever of the mass of a deuterium nucleus Read article: Physicists pin down deuteron mass
Nuclear physics Blog 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 Read article: Overlooked for the Nobel: Lise Meitner
Stars and solar physics Research update 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 Read article: Isotope ratios yield clues to element synthesis
Nuclear physics Research update Mechanical oscillations cause iron to become transparent to gamma rays “Acoustically induced transparency” created by vibrating solid absorber Read article: Mechanical oscillations cause iron to become transparent to gamma rays
Nuclear physics Research update Mirror-symmetry violation discovered in ground states of strontium and bromine isotopes Surprise discovery made while investigating astronomical X-ray bursts Read article: Mirror-symmetry violation discovered in ground states of strontium and bromine isotopes
Stars and solar physics Research update Forbidden nuclear transition sheds light on how some stars die Laboratory experiment suggests that intermediate-mass stars expire via thermonuclear explosions Read article: Forbidden nuclear transition sheds light on how some stars die
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