Radioactive decay is a fundamental process in nature by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. Studying ...

Scientists have observed a brand-new and exotic atomic nucleus: aluminium-20. Unlike anything seen before, it decays through ...

Collapsing stars might act as cosmic laboratories for discovering hidden neutrino interactions. Neutrinos are among the most ...

A rather unassuming particle is playing an important role in the hunt for subatomic oddities. Similar to protons and neutrons ...

Based on nuclear mirror symmetry, theorists predicted that proton number 14 should also be a magic number in its mirror nucleus, silicon-22 (8 neutrons and 14 protons).

Abstract Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactions play a vital role in a wide range of chemical and biological processes. Recent advances in the theory of PCET will be presented.

Quantum materials are substances with unique properties that are made possible by the strange world of quantum mechanics. Scientists studying quantum materials discovered unexpected waves of ...

Through some experiments, they found that nuclei with certain magic numbers of neutrons or protons are unusually stable and hold onto their nucleons more than researchers previously expected, just ...

These ions also determine the material's magnetic properties: they each have an unpaired electron whose spin gives the ion a magnetic moment – comparable to a tiny needle on a compass. "The distinct ...

A high-valent formally copper(III) complex, [Cu(pyalk)2]+(2) (pyalk = 2-(2′-pyridyl)-2-propanolate), is isolated and characterized by a variety of physical methods, including X-ray crystallography and ...