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Nuclear physics

Physics

The mystery of nuclear ‘magic numbers’ has finally been resolved

A mathematical equivalent of a microscope with variable resolution has shed light on why some atoms are exceptionally stable, a riddle that has persisted in nuclear physics for decades

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Physics

The US is unlikely to test nuclear weapons, despite what Trump says

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Chemistry

How superheavy chemistry could rearrange the periodic table

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Technology

Tiny nuclear-powered battery could work for decades in space or at sea

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Chemistry

Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 鈥� the heaviest ever

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Annie Jacobsen: ‘What if we had a nuclear war?鈥�

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Read an extract from Nuclear War: A scenario by Annie Jacobsen

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Oxygen-28 has 8 protons and 20 neutrons

Physics

Super-heavy oxygen hints at problem with the laws of physics

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Neutron star

Physics

Physicists have measured an atom’s ‘neutron skin’ for the first time

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Uranium atoms

Physics

Physicists have created a new and extremely rare kind of uranium

A team of physicists in China has produced the lightest uranium atom ever, which is more than 10 per cent smaller than the most common type of uranium

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Physics

Radioactive review: A reimagining of Marie Curie’s luminous legacy

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Physics

What do you do with the world’s most powerful laser?

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Physics

Wiggling atom probes buddy molecule without disturbing it

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Humans

Up and atom: The fights to put people into the periodic table

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