Nuclear physicists have extensively studied the variations in shape and the consequent formation of these short-lived isotopes, called isomers. However, they have not thoroughly studied one of the ...

Since a nuclear particle must be held in the nucleus ... (In considering the transmutation of a molecule into its isomer, Hund found a similar vast range of transformation periods, Ze.it.

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Researchers have found new information about the strength of the so-called magic neutron number 50 shell closure in the silver isotope chain. The new more detailed information on the properties of the ...

The word magic is not often used in the context of science. But in the early 1930s, scientists discovered that some atomic ...

Interestingly the half life of 30 seconds for that first atom has never been reproduced - all subsequent ununquadium 289 has had a half life of around 2.6 seconds, leading to speculation that the ...

which allowed de-population of the isomer on demand. The researchers believe that this controlled quenching could advance nuclear clock development, alongside other potential applications ...

With recent tensions between the US and Iran, you might be hearing a fair bit about nuclear weapons. They are considered the most destructive weapons in the world - their explosions are so ...

The precise excitation energy of the silver-96 isomer serves as a benchmark for ab initio predictions of nuclear properties beyond the ground state, especially for odd-odd nuclei close to the ...

Microsoft made waves last week when it announced a deal with Constellation Energy to restart a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island to meet its surging data center power needs, bucking the power ...

The world is now closer to an actual nuclear conflagration than at any time since the end of the Cold War. A nuclear test on May 25, 1953, at the Nevada Proving Grounds. This article originally ...