Researchers have combined theory and experiments to show that nuclear polarization does not limit studies of muonic atoms, clearing the way for new nuclear physics experiments. University of ...

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Recent advancements at the ATLAS user facility are enhancing operations and efficiency to help unlock new insights into the universe’s fundamental forces. Here, scientists explore our fundamental ...

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

For most stars, neutron stars and black holes are their final resting places. When a supergiant star runs out of fuel, it expands and then rapidly collapses on itself. This act creates a neutron ...

The size of a nucleus (nuclear charge radius) is an important physical quantity that reflects the arrangement of protons and ...

Professor Zsolt Podolyak, an experimental nuclear physicist at the University of Surrey’s School of Mathematics and Physics, has been awarded the 2026 Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize by the ...

The Florida State University low-energy nuclear physics lab has received new funding from the National Science Foundation to improve the investigation of atomic nuclei and to perform experiments ...

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 ...

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Nuclear physics investigates the properties, structure and reactions of atomic nuclei, the dense assemblies of protons and neutrons bound by the strong nuclear force. Central themes include the ...