Ugo Amaldi helped create a European network of cancer therapy centres using beams of ions, in particular carbon ions ...

Neutrons might have unknown excited states. Scientists reveal that this could explain their variable lifespan. An unresolved ...

A team of scientists set out to probe some of the heaviest elements in the periodic table using an advanced form of laser ...

Researchers from the University of Liverpool are part of an international collaboration that has made significant advances in ...

The kilonova briefly mimicked the conditions immediately following the Big Bang, and allowed scientists to confirm the source ...

Where does the periodic table of chemical elements end and which processes lead to the existence of heavy elements? Researchers report on experiments to come closer to an answer. They gained insight ...

University of Liverpool researchers are part of an international research collaboration that has shed light on what happens ...

Researchers have long been hunting for a way to make the elusive elements more stable so they can be better studied.

Scientists have discovered a new way of creating superheavy elements by firing supercharged ion beams at dense atoms. The team believes this method could potentially help synthesize the hypothetical ...

It took weeks to observe the behavior of one and a half dozen precious, but very short-lived, atoms of these exotic elements.

Advancements in nuclear physics may soon enable the creation of stable, superheavy nuclei, paving the way for new materials ...

Physicists have synthesized the element livermorium, which has the atomic number 116, using an unprecedented approach 1 that promises to open the way to new, record-breaking elements. The heaviest ...