The map of nuclear deformation takes the form of a mountain landscape
IMAGE: Deformation landscape of the nickel-64 nucleus. Prolate, oblate local minima and main spherical minimum are...
Novel public-private partnership facilitates development of fusion energy
IMAGE: PPPL physicist Gerrit Kramer with conceptual image of SPARC fusion reactor. view more Credit: Collage...
Experiment takes ‘snapshots’ of light, stops light, uses light to change properties of matter
PITTSBURGH--Light travels at a speed of about 300,000,000 meters per second as light particles, photons,...
Surrey helps to produce the world’s first neutron-rich, radioactive tantalum ions
An international team of scientists have unveiled the world's first production of a purified beam...