It’s tempting to call the tetraneutron a theoretical particle, as its existence has yet to be confirmed. But that would imply that it’s a consequence of some existing theoretical model, that it’s ...

COULD HAVE ON THE L.A. COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HALF MADE PUZZLE ON OUR KITCHEN TABLE, AND WE HAVEN’T TOUCHED ANYTHING REALLY SINCE THEN. CLAIRE THOMPSON AND HER HUSBAND, TIM, ARE TRYING TO PUT ...

Beryllium-7 is a radioactive isotope of beryllium produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere. A Japanese research team has ...

Studies of the interactions between nucleons — neutrons and protons — in small nuclei are crucial for theories of nuclear binding in larger nuclei. Physicists know that pairs of neutrons can exist in ...

A pictorial rendition of the proton-proton fusion chain in the Sun. The fusion of a proton with beryllium-7 produces a boron-8 nucleus that later decays emitting neutrinos that can be detected on ...

A recent experiment has found that a proton's nearest neighbors in the nucleus of the atom may modify the proton's internal structure. A recent experiment at the Department of Energy's Thomas ...

Cosmology is truly a remarkable science. Okay, all science is remarkable, but cosmology deals with something so neat and simple—the beginning of the Universe, where all of our reality was governed by ...

If you’ve spent any time perusing the periodic table of elements, you’ve probably noticed that there aren’t too many gaps. As the chart progresses, the number of protons, which define an element, ...

Beryllium chemistry occupies a unique niche within inorganic science due to the element’s distinctive physical and chemical characteristics, including its small ionic radius and high charge density.

Michigan State University's Witold Nazarewicz has a simple way to describe the complex work he does at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (frib.msu.edu), or FRIB. "I study theoretical nuclear physics ...

The suspected discovery of an atomic nucleus with four neutrons but no protons has physicists scratching their heads. If confirmed by further experiments, this “tetraneutron” would be the first ...

Researchers have observed a rare nuclear decay. Namely, the team measured low-kinetic-energy protons emitted after the beta decay of a neutron-rich nucleus beryllium-11. Researchers from the National ...