If we figure out how to harness this effectively and efficiently, this is it. This is the end. This is the solution,” an ...

A team of physicists say they have created the first coherent picture of atomic nuclei from their composite particles, quarks ...

Scientists have reproduced the properties of atomic nuclei using quark-gluon models, something that had eluded physicists for ...

Nuclear fission—when the nucleus of an atom splits in two, releasing energy—may seem like a process that is fully understood.

At low energies, the atomic nucleus has always been about protons and neutrons, but now there’s a way to see beyond.

Using two specialized microscopes invented at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), a team of researchers from Japan and ...

Despite sharing the same surname, nuclear fission and nuclear fusion are not the same thing. So, what do they have in common?

Event display of a candidate for D0 production at the CMS detector. (Image: CMS collaboration) At the LHC, heavy ions are ...

The atomic nucleus is made up of protons and neutrons, particles that exist through the interaction of quarks bonded by ...

Researchers have provided new insights into the strength of the magic neutron number 50 shell closure in silver isotopes.