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 ...

Scientists using the STAR detector to study particle collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have found an intriguing dip in their data in a relatively unexplored region of the ...

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 ...

Jericho celebrates its 20th anniversary with a nuclear physics audit: the CBS drama got electromagnetic pulse right, confirmed by a 1962 US nuclear test. But fallout cleared in hours, not weeks. The ...

Solving the nuclear many-body problem is a key challenge in nuclear physics – it deals with understanding the behavior of the protons and neutrons (called nucleons) inside atomic nuclei. These ...

To monitor the amount and type of nuclear material at power plants and weapons facilities, scientists look for a special ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our account of the strong nuclear force is full of imaginative terms. Six flavors of quarks have color charges of red, green and blue, which dictate how they bind to form particles like protons and ...

Physics is the study of the underlying laws and mechanisms explaining how the universe works. Most of what we do in daily life is based on a principle or law of physics—dealing with forces, motion, ...

University of Queensland researchers have made a breakthrough in muonic atom research, clearing the way for new nuclear physics experiments. A team at the UQ School of Mathematics and Physics has ...