Nuclear physics investigates the properties, structure and reactions of atomic nuclei, the dense assemblies of protons and neutrons bound by the strong nuclear force. Central themes include the ...

Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the Earth, sea, air, and even in orbit. The physics of shock waves, sound, and ...

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Quantum computers have the potential to transform science, accelerating breakthroughs in drug development, cosmology, ...

David Gross, a celebrated U.S. theoretical physicist, calls himself an optimist—especially concerning the future of his field. He’s certain that somewhere out there lurks a final, unified theory of ...

Nuclear physics is a research area focused on the structure, dynamics, and interactions of atomic nuclei and their constituent nucleons, governed primarily by the strong and weak nuclear forces within ...

Nuclear effect The deformed shape of the ytterbium-173 nucleus (right) makes it possible to excite the clock transition with a relatively low-power laser. The same transition is forbidden (left) if ...

A person in black gloves holds a small square object while a person in blue gloves pokes it with a pencil-shaped object. Staff at Project Omega handle part of a prototype betavoltaic battery. Credit: ...

Welcome to this Physics World Particle & Nuclear Briefing which includes news, features and opinion about the latest developments and issues in these two areas. In this issue we take a look at ...

A young American teenager, Taylor Wilson, achieved a remarkable feat by constructing a nuclear fusion reactor. He began this ...