19-Mar-2026 9:30 PM EDT, by Argonne National Laboratory Newswise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, “It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun ...

Chapters: 0:00 Become dangerously interesting 1:29 Atomic components & Forces 3:55 What is an isotopes 4:10 What is Nuclear ...

Next generation of atomic clocks is a timekeeping advance Achievement promises wide-ranging practical applications They do not yet outperform best conventional atomic clocks The clocks are based on an ...

The Australian National University (ANU) Research School of Physics has celebrated 79 years of research, teaching and ...

Nuclear isomers are crucial probes for studying the structure of nuclei. Unlike chemical isomers—which have the same chemical formula but different arrangements of atoms—nuclear isomers are nuclei ...

In the air people breathe, the water on Earth, the stars in the sky and more, atoms are the building blocks that make up the universe. Understanding the structure of the atomic nucleus is crucial for ...

New research shows that inline coupling of Monte Carlo neutronics with thermal-hydraulics not only speeds up reactor ...

Two independent teams have built operating nuclear clocks—devices that might one day rival the best atomic clocks and offer new ways to probe fundamental physics. Photograph of the thorium-229-doped ...

Precision extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy of highly charged ions has revealed that the lutetium nucleus is smaller than ...

Andrea Richard's research is helping answer a longstanding question in nuclear physics, providing new insight into the ...

Spent nuclear fuel and shutdown nuclear reactors emit antineutrinos, which nuclear watchdogs could use for real-time monitoring of plants. Nuclides used as fuel in nuclear power plants emit ...