Scientists Take a Major Step Toward Solving the Mystery of the Universe’s Rarest Isotopes

A new experiment using rare-isotope beams has provided new insight into the origin of proton-rich isotopes known as p-nuclei.
Science Daily

New nuclei can help shape our understanding of fundamental science on Earth and in the cosmos

In creating five new isotopes, scientists have brought the stars closer to Earth. The isotopes are known as thulium-182, thulium-183, ytterbium-186, ytterbium-187 and lutetium-190. In creating five ...
The Next Web

What are nuclear isomers? And why are they so awesome?

Nobel laureate Otto Hahn is credited with the discovery of nuclear fission. Fission is one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century, yet Hahn considered something else to be his best ...
The Conversation

Powerful linear accelerator begins smashing atoms – 2 scientists on the team explain how it could reveal rare forms of matter

Sean Liddick receives funding from the Department of Energy . Artemis Spyrou receives funding from the National Science Foundation in the U.S. Just a few hundred feet from where we are sitting is a ...
The Conversation

Nuclear isomers were discovered 100 years ago, and physicists are still unraveling their mysteries

Dennis Mücher receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Michigan State University ...