Scientists have reached a significant milestone in nuclear physics with the direct observation of three distinct deformations ...

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Nuclear physics research is focused on understanding the matter composed of quarks and gluons, which makes up 99% of the mass of the universe. Most of this matter is found at the core of atoms, the ...

Mehen, 54, died Dec. 29 at his home in Chapel Hill. He is remembered as a "brilliant theoretical physicist" and a "great ...

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In a pioneering approach to achieve fusion energy, the SMART device has successfully generated its first tokamak plasma. This ...

A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump, after the freshly sworn-in US president ...

What if India had never become a nuclear power? What if our scientific aspirations had fallen short of our national dreams? Such a reality could have become reality if not for the extraordinary vision ...

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The standard academic entry requirement for this PhD is an upper second-class (2:1) honours degree in a discipline directly relevant to the PhD (or international equivalent) OR any upper-second class ...

The unexpected discovery of the double-charm tetraquark has given physicists a new tool with which to hone their understanding of the strongest of nature’s fundamental forces. The Quanta Newsletter ...

The UMass Lowell Radiation Laboratory is a unique facility which houses a 5.5-MV Van de Graaff accelerator, a 1-MW research reactor and a ~100-kilocurie Co-60 gamma-ray source within a single complex.