Atomic nuclei are often described as orderly systems. Certain numbers of protons or neutrons, called magic numbers, usually ...

Neutrinos are low-mass subatomic particles with zero electric charge that interact with matter only via the weak nuclear force and gravity. This makes neutrinos difficult to detect, despite the fact ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

Particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) can reach temperatures over one hundred thousand times hotter than at ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

In 2008, a team of UCLA-led scientists proposed a scheme to use a laser to excite the nucleus of thorium atoms to realize extremely accurate, portable clocks. Last year, they realized this ...

Scientists finally caught solar neutrinos triggering a rare atomic transformation once thought nearly impossible to observe.

This disparity has led to an increasing interest in global health initiatives, with professional organizations looking to provide support to medical physicists in lower income regions. Alongside, ...

Neutrinos are one of the most mysterious particles in the universe, often called "ghost particles" because they rarely ...

While wind and solar power have long been featured in discussions about renewable and green energy, nuclear energy is emerging as a front-runner to usher in a wave of more clean power in the United ...